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  • 4:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 / Haydn Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    36:30
  • 4:06 AM

    Impressions

    Henriette Bosmans

    Out Of The Shadow

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    13:36
  • 4:01 AM

    Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn: Adagio

    Carl Reinecke

    Carl Reinecke Trios

    Dallas Chamber Players

    4:39
  • 3:52 AM

    The Shadow of the Blackbird: 2nd movement

    David Bruce

    Windows

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    6:40
  • 3:46 AM

    Glass

    Hania Rani

    Life

    Scoring Berlin

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:11
  • 3:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings

    Emerson String Quartet

    37:40
  • 3:01 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    4:37
  • 2:51 AM

    Quintet for English Horn and Strings: 2nd movement

    Eric Ewazen

    Julie Ann Giacobassi: English Horn and Oboe d'Amore

    Julie Ann Giacobassi, English horn

    7:05
  • 2:17 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Alberic Magnard

    Complete Symphonies

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    33:38
  • 2:11 AM

    Vespers: Peaceful Light

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Sacred Treasures III: Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond

    USSR Ministry of Culture Choir

    Valery Polyansky, conductor

    3:59
  • 2:06 AM

    Peace of Mind

    Hazel Scott

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:45
  • 2:01 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Conversation between Beauty and the Beast

    Maurice Ravel

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:37 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 31 And 49

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    21:03
  • 1:33 AM

    Romance: Alone again as before

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    2:19
  • 1:30 AM

    Song for the Lonely

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, & 8 'Le Matin; Le Midi; Le Soir'

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    21:41
  • 1:01 AM

    In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia

    Dominick Argento

    Casa Gudi - Frederica Von Stade Sings Dominick Argento

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:53 AM

    Elegies of Thule: I Look Up to the Hill

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    5:23
  • 11:43 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 11:41 PM

    Calliope

    Julie Cooper

    Contiuuum

    Oculus Ensemble

    Jessica Cottis, conductor

    3:20
  • 11:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Johann Christian Bach

    JC Bach: 6 Symphonies, Op. 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:10
  • 11:10 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    20:49
  • 11:01 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6; Overture in C Major

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:33
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:04
  • 10:39 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    14:24
  • 10:28 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op 10

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 10:21 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    5:42
  • 10:11 PM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 10:01 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1992 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:00
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Bizet: Overtures

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:28
  • 9:44 PM

    A Thankful Heart

    John T. Hocutt

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:12
  • 9:30 PM

    Viola Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    13:20
  • 9:24 PM

    Titilayo

    Jeff Scott

    Imani Winds

    4:15
  • 9:12 PM

    Orchestra-Symphony No. 4

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach: 4 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    11:34
  • 9:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    4:57
  • 9:03 PM

    Autumn Crocus

    Billy Mayerl

    Bats In The Belfry: Billy Mayerl Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:33
  • 8:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 8:40 PM

    Fantasy on Bulgarian Rhythms

    Karim Al-Zand

    European Folkscapes

    Apollo Chamber Players

    7:50
  • 8:26 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
  • 8:07 PM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Brahms: String Quartets

    Danish String Quartet

    17:29
  • 8:00 PM

    Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Celebration for Flute and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:12
  • 7:39 PM

    Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Celebration for Flute and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:12
  • 5:51 PM

    Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Tristia

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:32
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Wonderland

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 5:13 PM

    Growing Dusky Polska

    Maria Kalaniemi

    Over Land And Sea

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    6:26
  • 5:01 PM

    Spain

    Chick Corea

    Whirled Chamber Music

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    4:37
  • 4:42 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    17:11
  • 4:22 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Pictures

    Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:05
  • 4:12 PM

    Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Angela Malsbury, clarinet

    7:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Twilight Thoughts: In the Flower Garden

    Leopold Godowsky

    GODOWSKY, L.: Piano Music, Vol. 5 - Piano Sonata in E Minor

    Konstantin Scherbakov, piano

    4:49
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo String Quartet

    4:41
  • 3:50 PM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:55
  • 3:21 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn and Myslivecek

    Camerata Chicago

    Drostan Hall, conductor

    Wendy Warner, cello

    26:40
  • 3:15 PM

    Raymonda: Grand Adagio

    Alexander Glazunov

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    5:14
  • 3:11 PM

    Scottish Legend

    Amy Beach

    neglected works for piano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:27
  • 3:06 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Clarinet Concerto

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Beatrix' Dance

    Adolphe Adam

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    4:45
  • 2:51 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    6:59
  • 2:50 PM

    Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo

    Aldemaro Romero

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:08
  • 2:45 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Piano Collection: Arrau, Cziffra, Ciccolini, Rudy et al.

    Francois-Rene Duchable, piano

    4:36
  • 2:42 PM

    The Theory of Everything: Cambridge 1963

    Johann Johannsson

    Life

    Scoring Berlin

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    1:45
  • 2:33 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Dances

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    SAINT-GEORGES, J.B.C. de: L'Amant anonyme

    Haymarket Opera Orchestra

    Craig Trompeter, conductor

    7:36
  • 2:10 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    22:27
  • 2:00 PM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:23
  • 1:48 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 15: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 & 22

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Rudolf Serkin, piano

    8:44
  • 1:45 PM

    Suite of Eight Dances: Tango

    Carlos Salzedo

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:25
  • 1:34 PM

    English Dances: Second Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:32
  • 1:31 PM

    Shakespeare Love Songs: When love speaks

    Owain Park

    When Love Speaks: Choral Music by Owain Park

    Epiphoni Consort

    Tim Reader, conductor

    2:11
  • 1:21 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    8:40
  • 1:17 PM

    En Automne

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:38
  • 1:10 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Mad About Violins

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Shlomo Mintz, violin

    6:56
  • 12:48 PM

    La Danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:07
  • 12:46 PM

    A Song of the Weather

    Flanders & Swann

    At the Drop of a Hat

    Michael Flanders, vocal

    Donald Swann, piano

    2:00
  • 12:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos

    Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    16:14
  • 12:21 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Danse slave

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastoral, Fete Polonaise, Overture - Gwendoline, Danse Slave, Joyeuse Marche, Bourree Fantasque; Roussel: Suite in F, Op. 33

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Kellen Gray, conductor

    3:13
  • 12:11 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart & Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintets

    Vienna Wind Soloists

    Andre Previn, piano

    5:48
  • 11:53 AM

    Passacaglia

    Ruprecht Mayr

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhardt Goebel, conductor

    6:46
  • 11:45 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    6:21
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn 2032, Vol. 3: Solo e pensoso

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    13:28
  • 11:19 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 11:15 AM

    Chaconne

    Tarquinio Merula

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:17
  • 11:09 AM

    Semele: Where E'er You Walk

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    4:04
  • 11:04 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:55
  • 10:48 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    10:33
  • 10:29 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius - Karelia Suite

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Raimo Laukka, baritone

    17:10
  • 10:25 AM

    Love Is Here to Stay

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:45
  • 10:14 AM

    Overture for a Masque

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran: In the Mountain Country / Rhapsodies / Overture for a Masque

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    9:22
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concertos for Trumpet

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    7:21
  • 10:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 9:49 AM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    9:00
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Samuel Wesley

    Wesley: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    18:20
  • 9:24 AM

    American Youth Concerto: Andante

    Marion Bauer

    Marion Bauer: American Youth Concerto

    Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble

    Diana Ambache, piano

    4:27
  • 9:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin, vol. 1

    James Ehnes, violin

    16:38
  • 9:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    The Orpheus Suite for Piano

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 8:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony No. 21

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 6

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:07
  • 8:06 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:22
  • 8:01 AM

    Popular Brazilian Songs: Quebra Queixo

    Celso Machado

    Ex Tempore

    Charke-Cormier Duo

    3:27
  • 7:24 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Gyorgy Kurtag: Moments Musicaux and Officium Breve/Antonin Dvorak: String Quintet Op. 97

    Parker Quartet

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    34:01
  • 7:20 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    16:42
  • 6:42 AM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 6:15 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    26:17
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 5:22 AM

    Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

    Trio Wanderer

    36:35
  • 5:18 AM

    Minueto

    Fernando Sor

    Joao Luiz: From Spain to Sao Paulo

    Joao Luiz, guitar

    3:04
  • 5:01 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:10