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  • 4:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini, Spohr: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    37:37
  • 4:13 AM

    Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:04
  • 4:06 AM

    Solace (A Mexican Serenade)

    Scott Joplin

    William Albright, piano

    6:09
  • 4:01 AM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Arias

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Harry Bicket, conductor

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    4:46
  • 3:38 AM

    Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    19:56
  • 3:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2/Liszt: Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 3:10 AM

    Spanish Serenade

    Joaquin Malats

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    4:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Intermezzo

    Anton Arensky

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    3:18
  • 3:01 AM

    From Olden Times: Gigue

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Suite ancienne, Mascarade Suite

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:55 AM

    Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale

    Samuel Akpabot

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    Lucerne DeSa, piano

    3:31
  • 2:46 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    8:31
  • 2:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Night Moods

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    4:39
  • 1:49 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:42
  • 1:15 AM

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Modest Mussorgsky

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    32:04
  • 1:07 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    4:50
  • 1:01 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Mazzoli

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:47
  • 12:52 AM

    Fall River Legend: Church Social and Cotillion

    Morton Gould

    Thomspson: Symphony No. 1; Gould: Fall River Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    7:04
  • 12:16 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    34:51
  • 12:12 AM

    Builsa Work Song

    Kwabena Nketia

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:06
  • 12:06 AM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 1

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Alessandro Amoretti, conductor

    5:25
  • 12:01 AM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia - Complete

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:52 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 11:48 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    18:37
  • 11:16 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 11:07 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    9:18
  • 11:01 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    4:46
  • 10:43 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:22
  • 10:24 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 10:20 PM

    El Pronunciamento

    Edmond Dede

    Gary Hammond, piano

    3:13
  • 10:11 PM

    If I Were King: Overture

    Adolphe Adam

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:06 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Intrada - London Brass

    London Brass

    4:31
  • 10:01 PM

    "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Air a danser

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Isobel Bradshaw, contralto

    Henry Roche, piano

    4:33
  • 9:49 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:32
  • 9:44 PM

    Festival Scherzo for Piano and Strings

    Madeleine Dring

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    Martin Roscoe, piano

    4:32
  • 9:31 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Sarah Chang, violin

    11:32
  • 9:24 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    6:00
  • 9:12 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    10:44
  • 9:07 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:36
  • 9:03 PM

    The Seasons: November (Troika)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:43 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 6 "Mazeppa"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Mazeppa, Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:25
  • 8:32 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    9:05
  • 8:26 PM

    The Spanish Lady: Suite

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:50
  • 8:10 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 11

    Giovanni Punto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:21
  • 8:06 PM

    Calling All Workers

    Eric Coates

    The Music of Eric Coates

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Reginald Kilbey, conductor

    3:06
  • 8:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 5:55 PM

    Maids of Cadiz

    Leo Delibes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    3:25
  • 5:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 26 & 27

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    32:40
  • 5:13 PM

    Welcome the Queen

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:46
  • 5:10 PM

    Quirpa Guatirena (Guatire Wedding Dance)

    Vicente Emilio Sojo

    John Williams, guitar

    1:53
  • 5:06 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:06
  • 5:01 PM

    "Echo" Canzon

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    English Chamber Orchestra Brass

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    William Trafka, organ

    4:32
  • 4:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    9:42
  • 4:19 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Midori, violin

    28:11
  • 4:12 PM

    Serenade: 4th movement

    Arthur Bird

    North Texas Chamber Players

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    5:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Overture

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Concertos For Violoncello and Orchestra, Overture, Octet, Sinfonia

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:04
  • 4:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:53 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg And Andersen: Music For Flute And Piano

    Paula Robison, flute

    5:37
  • 3:25 PM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    26:11
  • 3:20 PM

    Nice Work If You Can Get It

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:41
  • 3:06 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    12:50
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quartet: Vivace

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete String Quartets

    Sibelius Academy Quartet

    4:44
  • 2:50 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    8:17
  • 2:36 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Virgil Thompson: Music for Film, "The River" & "Plow That Broke the Plains"

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:37
  • 2:12 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:36
  • 2:04 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Christmas With Los Romeros

    Los Romeros

    Massimo Paris, conductor

    6:56
  • 2:00 PM

    Estancia: Malambo

    Alberto Ginastera

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    3:23
  • 1:54 PM

    John Henry: Railroad Ballad

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc.

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 1:45 PM

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    8:20
  • 1:40 PM

    West Side Story: Tonight

    Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story Original Cast

    Studio Orchestra

    Carol Lawrence, soprano

    Larry Kert, tenor

    4:00
  • 1:36 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Concert in the Park

    Edmonton Wind Ensemble

    Harry Pinchin, conductor

    2:28
  • 1:32 PM

    Minnesota March

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa's Greatest Marches

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:16
  • 1:21 PM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:50
  • 1:18 PM

    The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Alasdair Malloy, typewriter

    1:38
  • 1:10 PM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Oslo Circles

    5:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:53 PM

    Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra: Gavotte

    Sergei Taneyev

    TANEYEV, S.I.: Suite de Concert / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Fantasia on 2 Russian Themes (A.K. Gregory, Kiev Virtuosi Symphony, D. Yablonsky)

    Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Yablonsky, conductor

    Annelle Gregory, violin

    6:03
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    42:55
  • 12:36 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    9:22
  • 12:32 PM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:48
  • 12:25 PM

    Novelettes

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Piano Music Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    6:07
  • 12:16 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Cappella Academia Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    8:05
  • 12:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:04 PM

    Susann McDonald, harp

    1:22
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:44 AM

    Variations on "Casta Diva"

    Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Alison Balsom: Caprice

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    6:25
  • 11:38 AM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:31 AM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Petr Altrichter, conductor

    5:55
  • 11:22 AM

    Piano Trio: 4th movement

    Clara Schumann

    Dardington Piano Trio

    7:35
  • 11:16 AM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:09 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:24
  • 11:04 AM

    Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)

    Leo Brouwer

    Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar

    John Williams, guitar

    3:50
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:43
  • 10:40 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 10:28 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:58
  • 10:23 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:13 AM

    Serenade No. 5: 2nd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    8:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Janet See, flute

    6:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:46 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    12:08
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Gottschalk, Vol. 2

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:58
  • 9:19 AM

    I Cover the Waterfront

    Johnny Green

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:05
  • 9:06 AM

    Photography

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen: Photography

    Ensemble X

    Nicholas Kok, conductor

    12:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Two Etudes

    Andres Segovia

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:48
  • 8:25 AM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    32:50
  • 8:18 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:55
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    10:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Black Anemones

    Joseph Schwantner

    Ransom Wilson, flute

    Brian Zeger, piano

    4:43
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    23:34
  • 7:29 AM

    Aria

    Jacques Ibert

    Trumpet Vocalise

    Raymond Mase, trumpet

    5:02
  • 7:18 AM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto No. 7

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    11:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 6:38 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    20:14
  • 6:30 AM

    Six Ricercars on a Theme of F.C. da Milano

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Hours of the Day

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    22:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: 2nd movement

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Five Concerti for Bassoon, Strings and Continuo

    I Solisti Veneti

    Milan Turkovich, bassoon

    4:39
  • 5:33 AM

    Serenade No. 4

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    25:18
  • 5:20 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    French Wind Music

    Reykjavik Wind Quintet

    12:26
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Erato Quartet

    12:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:43
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