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  • 4:38 AM

    English Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:22
  • 4:21 AM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    17:09
  • 4:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Allegri String Quartet

    12:14
  • 4:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Prairie Echoes - Piano Music of David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:37
  • 3:43 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    15:35
  • 3:16 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert For Two / Gil Shaham, Göran Söllscher

    Gil Shaham, violin

    25:30
  • 3:11 AM

    Magnolia Suite: My Lady Love

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:53 AM

    Horn Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romantic Works for Horn

    Richard Watkins, horn

    5:28
  • 12:49 AM

    Solitude

    Duke Ellington

    A Billie Holiday Songbook

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:54
  • 12:21 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    30:07
  • 12:17 AM

    Tango Natasha

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    2:33
  • 12:06 AM

    String Symphony No. 5

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    9:53
  • 12:01 AM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Lawes: Harp Consorts

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:40
  • 11:26 PM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    28:08
  • 11:13 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:09
  • 11:02 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    9:32
  • 10:59 PM

    If Ye Love Me

    Thomas Tallis

    Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    2:01
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Symphony No. 7

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:50
  • 10:48 PM

    Heidenroslein (Wild Rose)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Lieder

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    1:44
  • 10:43 PM

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

    Richard Strauss

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:30 PM

    Postcards from the Sky

    Marjan Mozetich

    Affairs of the Heart

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    12:44
  • 10:23 PM

    Zadok the Priest

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Simon Preston, conductor

    5:14
  • 10:14 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Varese: Arcana, Holst: The Planets

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:06 PM

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Anna Polonsky, piano

    6:57
  • 10:02 PM

    The Seasons: Fall: Hunting Chorus

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Joel Revzen, conductor

    4:06
  • 9:55 PM

    Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Organ Odyssey

    Mary Preston, organ

    4:57
  • 9:51 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 9:38 PM

    Chiacona

    Antonio Bertali

    Rariora and Marginalia

    Rare Fruits Council

    8:27
  • 9:35 PM

    Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

    Giacomo Puccini

    Soprano

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    2:16
  • 9:29 PM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel: A Song In My Heart

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Gareth Jones, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:48
  • 9:18 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 7

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:38
  • 9:12 PM

    In a Persian Market

    Albert Ketelbey

    In a Monastery Garden

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus

    Eric Rogers, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:05 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:44
  • 8:40 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    22:35
  • 8:31 PM

    October

    Eric Whitacre

    Passions

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:28
  • 8:25 PM

    On the Nature of Daylight/Written on the Sky

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:00
  • 8:19 PM

    Three Sonatas

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Glenn Gould, piano

    5:50
  • 8:10 PM

    Autumn in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Vivaldi and Piazzolla

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    7:11
  • 8:06 PM

    Waltz No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    3:51
  • 8:00 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 5:49 PM

    Kunstler-Leben Walzer (Artist's Life)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss

    Vienna Volksopera Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    9:16
  • 5:24 PM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    23:34
  • 5:14 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:43 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:36
  • 4:18 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:53
  • 4:15 PM

    The Squirrel's Party

    Gena Branscombe

    Nasty Women: Piano Music in the Age of Women's Suffrage

    Joanna Goldstein, piano

    1:07
  • 4:06 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    8:40
  • 4:01 PM

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:49 PM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    8:36
  • 3:43 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 4th movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    5:45
  • 3:17 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos for 2 and 3 Pianos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    25:06
  • 3:06 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    8:51
  • 3:01 PM

    Gondoliera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:56 PM

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    2:00
  • 2:29 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    26:14
  • 2:00 PM

    Canzon No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    2:37
  • 1:53 PM

    Tosca: Gia mi dicon venal

    Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    Kurt Adler, conductor

    Cornell MacNeill, baritone

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:44
  • 1:45 PM

    Fantasy Pieces: Minuet and Trio

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:53
  • 1:33 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 1:31 PM

    Mel Blanc, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:24 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    5:23
  • 1:17 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:07 PM

    Espana Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    6:33
  • 1:04 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

    1:55
  • 12:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 12:43 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Entrance of the Emperor and His Court

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    2:46
  • 12:39 PM

    Guitar Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Celil Refik Kaya

    Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

    Bokyung Byun, guitar

    3:19
  • 12:30 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:58
  • 12:19 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    9:24
  • 12:16 PM

    Weeping Willow

    Scott Joplin

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:41
  • 12:06 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo and Intermezzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:56 AM

    Prelude No. 13

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    2:43
  • 11:46 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Yundi Li, piano

    9:40
  • 11:38 AM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:30 AM

    Traditional Hornpipe Suite

    Adrian Cruft

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:18 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:14 AM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    2:13
  • 11:10 AM

    Canzon "La Serafina"

    Pietro Lappi

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    2:41
  • 11:04 AM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:50 AM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:44
  • 10:36 AM

    Rienzi: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Preludes And Overtures

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    11:34
  • 10:25 AM

    String Quintet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Epilogue

    Miro Quartet

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    10:41
  • 10:22 AM

    Song without Words No. 6 "Barcarolle (Gondola Song)"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    2:15
  • 10:11 AM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 10:06 AM

    Consolation No. 3

    Franz Liszt

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:42
  • 10:01 AM

    Characteristic Suite: Scherzo

    Henry Schoenefeld

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:51
  • 9:40 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    17:56
  • 9:26 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hertel

    J.C. & J.W. Hertel: Trumpet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    12:04
  • 9:18 AM

    Cordoba

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Malaguena: Piano Music from Cuba and the Philippines

    Adolovni Acosta, piano

    6:29
  • 9:06 AM

    Oboe Quartet

    Malcolm Arnold

    Malcolm Arnold Chamber Music 3

    Nash Ensemble

    11:45
  • 9:01 AM

    Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet

    Leo Delibes

    French Music for the Stage

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:41
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    37:17
  • 8:17 AM

    Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 7:48 AM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:43
  • 7:42 AM

    She's Like the Swallow

    Traditional English

    Mark Small, guitar

    Robert Torres, guitar

    Nancy Hair, cello

    Kathy Halvorson, oboe

    4:21
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:05
  • 7:06 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    John Abberger, oboe d'amore

    15:14
  • 7:01 AM

    Carnival-Waltz

    Florent Schmitt

    French Ballet Music of the 1920s

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:48
  • 6:35 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:00
  • 6:30 AM

    Nocturne "Parting"

    Mikhail Glinka

    Alexei Lubimov, piano

    4:19
  • 6:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 16 for Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Complete Mozart Divertimentos, CD 2

    New York Philomusica

    22:22
  • 6:01 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:49
  • 5:36 AM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor

    22:42
  • 5:24 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 5:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42