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  • 4:14 AM

    Lemminkainen Suite (Four Legends from the Kalevala)

    Jean Sibelius

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Susan Tyte, English horn

    Adrian Shepard, cello

    44:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Winterreise (Winter Journey): Gute Nacht (Good Night)

    Franz Schubert

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    Helmut Deutsch, piano

    5:31
  • 4:01 AM

    Words of Amber

    Olafur Arnalds

    Nordic Noir

    Trondheim Soloists

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:42
  • 3:48 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Mathias Santa Fe Suite

    Elinor Bennett, harp

    10:16
  • 3:25 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 3:18 AM

    Heroic Berceuse

    Claude Debussy

    Music in Time of War

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    4:59
  • 3:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Bernstein: Reaching For The Note

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 2:50 AM

    Source Code

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    Catalyst Quartet

    8:41
  • 2:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Zara Levina

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ariane Matiakh, conductor

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    36:51
  • 11:59 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Bruch: Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    28:35
  • 11:42 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    All These Lighted Things

    Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

    Elim Chan, conductor

    16:45
  • 11:33 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    7:38
  • 11:26 PM

    Allegretto

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Parker Quartet

    6:13
  • 11:23 PM

    Partita No. 4: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Igor Levit, piano

    3:09
  • 11:09 PM

    Agincourt Overture

    Walter Leigh

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:00 PM

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    7:41
  • 10:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    15:59
  • 10:35 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:50
  • 10:31 PM

    Time For Three

    Rob Moose, violin

    3:30
  • 10:16 PM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 10:10 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    5:48
  • 10:00 PM

    Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:21
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Hubert Parry

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:20
  • 9:37 PM

    Brave: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Brave: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    London Symphony Orchestra

    James Shearman, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:34 PM

    Open Thou Mine Eyes

    John Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:36
  • 9:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 1

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Lombardini Quartet

    12:38
  • 9:16 PM

    Waltz

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    1:58
  • 9:05 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 9:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Antonio Meneses, cello

    Gerard Wyss, piano

    2:37
  • 8:51 PM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 8:44 PM

    Little Suite

    Alkis Baltas

    Greek Wind Quintets

    Aeolus Woodwind Quintet

    6:25
  • 8:29 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Dag Wiren

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    14:52
  • 8:07 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Francois Boieldieu

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    Catherine Michel, harp

    20:29
  • 8:00 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Piano Sonata & 3 Concert Studies

    Louis Lortie, piano

    6:07
  • 5:48 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:55
  • 5:21 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    25:36
  • 5:18 PM

    A Chloris (To Chloris)

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    2:26
  • 5:06 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 5:01 PM

    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
  • 4:44 PM

    Carmina Burana: On the Green

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:29
  • 4:22 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    21:02
  • 4:12 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    7:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Guitar Concerto: Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi / Giuliani / Torroba: Guitar Concertos

    Camerata Cassovia

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    Dagoberto Linhares, guitar

    5:21
  • 4:01 PM

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Akira Eguchi, piano

    4:51
  • 3:49 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    8:59
  • 3:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:03
  • 3:11 PM

    Music for a Puppet Court: Puzzle II

    Oliver Knussen

    London Sinfonietta

    Oliver Knussen, conductor

    2:39
  • 3:07 PM

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Whistle While You Work

    Frank Churchill

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:32
  • 3:01 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:51 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 38: 2nd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Jacques Ogg, harpsichord

    6:14
  • 2:50 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 2:34 PM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Francaix, Ibert, Satie, De Lancie

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    John de Lancie, oboe

    16:02
  • 2:22 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Charles Martin Loeffler

    Forgotten Sounds

    Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet

    10:20
  • 2:04 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, and Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Wilson, conductor

    Martin Owen, horn

    17:23
  • 1:59 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:55 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Di rigori armato il seno

    Richard Strauss

    Quattrocorno 2

    Aleksander Szebesczyk, horn

    2:07
  • 1:45 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K466 & 27, K595

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    9:36
  • 1:42 PM

    Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini: 18th variation

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Boston Pops

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    Leonard Pennario, p

    :00
  • 1:37 PM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Leonard Pennario, p

    :00
  • 1:31 PM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 1:20 PM

    Old Hungarian Dances

    Ferenc Farkas

    Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

    Frosunda Wind Quintet

    9:35
  • 1:17 PM

    Song without Words No. 10

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    2:31
  • 1:10 PM

    Begin the Beguine

    Cole Porter

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:54
  • 1:04 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Lieder ohne Worte

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    4:25
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    20:25
  • 12:45 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Polonaises

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    6:27
  • 12:39 PM

    Time For Three

    Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele

    Mathias Kunzli, percussion

    3:59
  • 12:32 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Malcolm Sargent, conductor

    Jascha Heifetz, violin

    21:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:02
  • 12:15 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Fairies

    Henry Purcell

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:08 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    pictures at an exhibition

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 12:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:15
  • 11:45 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: The Alpine Symphony

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    13:29
  • 11:37 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Simone Dinnerstein: Mozart in Havana

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    7:05
  • 11:30 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:12
  • 11:22 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    6:51
  • 11:16 AM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    5:01
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:04 AM

    Canzon No. 7

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:55
  • 10:48 AM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    10:28
  • 10:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Rees, conductor

    Jonathan Reese, violin

    17:31
  • 10:24 AM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 10:10 AM

    Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Chamber Players of Canada

    12:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Fanfare on Amazing Grace

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Americana...The Dream Comes Alive

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Il finto Stanislao: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:46 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Schonberg, Webern, Berg: The Waltz Arrangements

    Linos Ensemble

    12:19
  • 9:28 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    16:01
  • 9:17 AM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi & Friends - La Folia (Madness & Other Concertos) / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Rene Schiffer, cello

    10:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:41
  • 8:33 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Symphonies 2 & 7

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    25:31
  • 8:19 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Robert Fobbes

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    13:14
  • 8:05 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    12:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Rio Sena

    Astor Piazzolla

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    3:23
  • 7:32 AM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    China Girl

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    26:37
  • 7:26 AM

    Troisieme Valse brillante

    Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    5:16
  • 7:01 AM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: Orchestral Works

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    22:53
  • 6:43 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 6:18 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Eric Ewazen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Jonathan Lombardo, trombone

    Timothy Smith, trombone

    Jeffrey Dee, bass trombone

    24:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    15:08
  • 5:22 AM

    Coppelia Act I

    Leo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppelia

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    36:00
  • 5:16 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    5:28
  • 5:01 AM

    Andean Folk Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Garrido-Lecca: Peruvian Suite; Symphonic Tableaux; Andean Folk Dances; Laudes II

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59