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  • 4:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    38:34
  • 4:15 AM

    By the Waters of Babylon (Super Flumina Babylonis)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Palestrina Volume 6

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    3:16
  • 4:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:06
  • 4:01 AM

    The Bells of St. Genevieve

    Marin Marais

    Strings! The Definitive Collection

    Guildhall Strings

    4:47
  • 3:46 AM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    11:39
  • 3:35 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 3:16 AM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    18:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 3:01 AM

    The Seasons: June (Barcarolle)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:35
  • 2:55 AM

    ...your heart dreams of spring

    Elizabeth Younan

    Alone Together

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    3:16
  • 2:32 AM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Voyages

    Conrad Tao, piano

    22:22
  • 12:48 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:48
  • 12:13 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    33:52
  • 12:09 AM

    Lullaby for Jack

    Lalo Schifrin

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    1:35
  • 12:06 AM

    Princeton Grand March

    Francis Johnson

    Those Fabulous Americans

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Pieces

    Valentin Silvestrov

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    4:54
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:45
  • 11:16 PM

    Little Suite

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg; Nielsen; Sibelius; Wiren

    Guildhall Strings

    14:44
  • 11:06 PM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-3

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    9:03
  • 11:01 PM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Bel Canto Paganini

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:20
  • 10:51 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    7:44
  • 10:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Destination Rachmaninoff: Arrival

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    28:09
  • 10:10 PM

    Knight in Armour

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    9:53
  • 10:07 PM

    Simple Symphony: Boisterous Bourree

    Benjamin Britten

    Works by Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    2:49
  • 10:01 PM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 9:55 PM

    Wand of Youth: March

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:19 PM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    34:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    10:52
  • 9:01 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonies 1

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    4:42
  • 8:44 PM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    14:52
  • 8:21 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    20:46
  • 8:17 PM

    Caged Bird

    Abbey Lincoln

    New Day Begun

    Regina Carter, violin

    3:07
  • 8:07 PM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Festival Overture

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 7:49 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 7:16 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Robert Schumann

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    31:47
  • 7:11 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune: 3rd movement

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:03
  • 7:06 PM

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

    J. Rosamond Johnson

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:46
  • 7:01 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia - Complete

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:53
  • 6:50 PM

    Karelia Overture

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:46
  • 6:21 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Ballet

    Maurice Ravel

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

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    27:17
  • 6:18 PM

    Invention

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    1:29
  • 6:06 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    11:43
  • 6:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 5:50 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin: Complete Music For Piano And Orchestra

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    8:40
  • 5:38 PM

    El Camino Real

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    11:01
  • 5:25 PM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    18:57
  • 5:01 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:37
  • 4:57 PM

    Galliard

    Claude Gervaise

    David Munrow conducts Henry VIII and his Six Wives

    Early Music Consort of London

    David Munrow, conductor

    1:27
  • 4:45 PM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 4:39 PM

    Symphonic Etude

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:25
  • 4:21 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    16:17
  • 4:14 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    5:25
  • 4:06 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:01 PM

    Vespers: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voice Of The Violin

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:44
  • 3:51 PM

    Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:27
  • 3:47 PM

    A League of Their Own: The Final Game

    Hans Zimmer

    Play Ball!

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:46
  • 3:43 PM

    Big: Opening

    Howard Shore

    20th Century Fox: 75 Years of Great Film Music

    Studio Orchestra

    2:52
  • 3:37 PM

    Titanic: Back to Titanic

    James Horner

    Mega Movies

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:53
  • 3:33 PM

    The Sound of Music: Prelude and The Sound of Music

    Richard Rodgers

    Studio Orchestra

    Julie Andrews, vocals

    2:37
  • 3:26 PM

    Victor/Victoria: End Credits

    Henry Mancini

    Victor/Victoria Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    4:54
  • 3:24 PM

    Victor/Victoria: Main Title

    Henry Mancini

    Victor/Victoria Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    2:09
  • 3:21 PM

    The Great Escape

    Elmer Bernstein

    Elmer Bernstein By Elmer Bernstein

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    Elmer Bernstein, conductor

    2:16
  • 3:17 PM

    You Only Live Twice: Main Theme

    John Barry

    Best Film Classics 100

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Nic Raine, conductor

    2:55
  • 3:10 PM

    The Ten Commandments: Prelude

    Elmer Bernstein

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits Volume II

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:55
  • 3:07 PM

    The Greatest Show on Earth: March

    Victor Young

    Young: The Uninvited; Gulliver's Travels

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    2:15
  • 3:01 PM

    Midway: March

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:12
  • 2:48 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:35
  • 2:23 PM

    Concerto 4-3

    Jennifer Higdon

    Time for Three: Letters for the Future

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Xian Zhang, conductor

    22:59
  • 2:10 PM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 2:07 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 1:38 PM

    With the Wild Geese

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    20:06
  • 1:30 PM

    October

    Eric Whitacre

    Passions

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    7:28
  • 1:19 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 1:13 PM

    La Muzette

    Robert de Visee

    La Mascarade

    Rolf Lislevand, Baroque guitar

    4:07
  • 1:11 PM

    Mrs. Winter's Jump

    John Dowland

    Dowland: My Favorite Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    1:28
  • 1:06 PM

    From Our World to Yours

    Issam Rafea/Gao Hong

    From Our World to Yours

    Issam Rafea, oud

    4:33
  • 12:50 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:12 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    36:46
  • 12:06 PM

    Mazurka No. 38

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    3:36
  • 12:01 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Essential Guitar

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

    4:40
  • 11:44 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    14:43
  • 11:39 AM

    Partita No. 1: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    2:20
  • 11:25 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:54
  • 11:21 AM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Buried Treasure

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    2:03
  • 11:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    14:35
  • 11:01 AM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:46 AM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:58
  • 10:28 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Reicha, J Haydn, M Haydn

    Gewandhaus Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:48
  • 10:18 AM

    Lullaby

    George Gershwin

    American Dreams: Barber's Adagio and Other American Romantic Masterpieces

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 12 "La Follia"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Lucas Harris, archlute

    Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

    Borys Medicky, harpsichord

    Joelle Marton, bass viol

    11:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 9:37 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 9:23 AM

    Quartet No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:43
  • 9:15 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Catriona McKay, Scottish harp

    Chris Stout, Shetland fiddle

    4:31
  • 8:39 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 3, etc.

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

    19:40
  • 8:33 AM

    String Quartet No. 3: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, etc.

    Borodin Quartet

    5:36
  • 8:15 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:17
  • 8:06 AM

    Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands

    Amy Beach

    Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

    Aglika Genova, piano

    8:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    34:26
  • 7:19 AM

    Fantasie

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    3:56
  • 7:06 AM

    Suffolk Suite

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    11:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:39 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    19:32
  • 6:28 AM

    Sinfonia

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:16
  • 6:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    Saverio Mercadante: 3 Concertos pour Flute

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:45
  • 6:01 AM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Cantata "Il delirio amoroso"

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 5:26 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    New York Philharmonic

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    31:54
  • 5:22 AM

    Morceaux de Fantaisie: Melodie

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    3:47
  • 5:06 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:07
  • 5:01 AM

    String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Early Symphonies 8 & 11

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:51