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  • 4:21 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Johannes Brahms

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    37:35
  • 4:06 AM

    Goyescas: Coloquio en la reja (Dialogue at the Window)

    Enrique Granados

    Javier Perianes - Enrique Granados: Goyescas - El pelele

    Javier Perianes, piano

    12:43
  • 4:01 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 3:49 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:18 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Davis, Bbc Philharmonic

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:44
  • 3:09 AM

    There Will Be Rest

    Frank Ticheli

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    6:54
  • 3:06 AM

    Sleepless Night

    George Gershwin

    Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

    Sara Davis Buechner, piano

    2:32
  • 3:01 AM

    Septura

    4:38
  • 2:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: String Quartets Opp. 12 & 13

    Juilliard String Quartet

    30:12
  • 2:21 AM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Vaughan Williams/Butterworth

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:12
  • 2:10 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

    Guerre: Sonates Manuscrites

    Ensemble Variations

    8:56
  • 2:06 AM

    Buzzer Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    3:11
  • 2:01 AM

    Seasons: Autumn

    Dominick Argento

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    4:35
  • 1:46 AM

    Concerto No. 5

    Capel Bond

    Capel Bond: Six Concertos in Seven Parts (1766)

    Parley of Instruments

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    11:55
  • 1:29 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Affinity"

    Chris Brubeck

    Affinity

    Maryland Symphony Orchestra

    Elizabeth Schulze, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    16:02
  • 1:25 AM

    Guitare

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Works

    Eric Parkin, piano

    3:31
  • 1:13 AM

    Five Flower Songs

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Spring Symphony; Hymn to St Cecilia etc.

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    10:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 1:01 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte Highlights

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:46 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 12:25 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    20th Century Wind Quintets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    19:20
  • 12:18 AM

    Elfin Waltzes

    Justin Holland

    Mark Delpriora, guitar

    5:12
  • 12:06 AM

    The Elf's Hill: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    11:13
  • 12:01 AM

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: Evening in Town

    Eric Coates

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    4:39
  • 11:53 PM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    5:48
  • 11:47 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:04
  • 11:41 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Greatest Hits

    New York Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    11:04
  • 11:12 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra

    Edwin Outwater, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    27:20
  • 11:05 PM

    Romanze

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Ladies' Night

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    5:37
  • 11:00 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:41 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:08
  • 10:34 PM

    Handelian Rhapsody

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Piano Transcriptions

    Piers Lane, piano

    6:18
  • 10:28 PM

    Four Sketches: Legend

    Eugene Goossens

    Goossens: Chamber Works

    London Chamber Music Group

    Susan Milan, flute

    4:48
  • 10:11 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    15:39
  • 10:07 PM

    Intermezzo

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    3:29
  • 10:00 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Janacek: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

    Hagen Quartet

    6:23
  • 9:47 PM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 9:40 PM

    El mestre (The Schoolmaster)

    Traditional Catalan

    Chants du Sud et du Nord

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    6:26
  • 9:31 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:34
  • 9:21 PM

    Star Trek: The New Enterprise

    Jerry Goldsmith

    The Genius Of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1960s-1980s

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    7:32
  • 9:17 PM

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    3:30
  • 9:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:02 PM

    Waltzing on a Sunbeam

    Florence Price

    Waltzes and Character Pieces of Florence Price

    Michael Clark, piano

    2:46
  • 8:53 PM

    Bronze Horseman Suite: Dancing Scene

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Bronze Horseman/Horn Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    6:10
  • 8:23 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Franck, Grieg, Dvorak

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    28:17
  • 8:08 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Abbado conducts Prokofiev Peter & Wolf & Classical Symphony

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:15
  • 8:00 PM

    Facades

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Glassmasters

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 5:47 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

    Franz Liszt

    Ungarische Rhapsodien Nos.1-6

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    11:33
  • 5:17 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky & Suk:Serenades for Strings/Grieg:Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

    Poland Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    27:23
  • 5:13 PM

    California Porcupine Rag

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:26
  • 5:06 PM

    Jurassic Park: Theme

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:56
  • 5:01 PM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:50 PM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    The Moscow Sessions

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    8:31
  • 4:30 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    18:26
  • 4:23 PM

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    5:12
  • 4:06 PM

    Lemminkainen in Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    SIBELIUS: Finlandia / Karelia Suite / Lemminkainen Suite

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    16:06
  • 4:01 PM

    Au-dela du Temps: La lumiere tournante dans le reve

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Misericordia

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    4:28
  • 3:48 PM

    Symphony No. 6: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 6

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:10
  • 3:29 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:18
  • 3:19 PM

    Piano Quintet No. 2: Finale

    Louise Farrenc

    Schubert Ensemble

    9:17
  • 3:09 PM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    DER FREISCHUTZ

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    8:49
  • 3:06 PM

    Mazurka No. 24

    Frederic Chopin

    Bruce Liu: Chopin: Highlights from the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition

    Bruce Liu, piano

    2:20
  • 3:01 PM

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

    Leo Delibes

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:51 PM

    Winterreise (Winter Journey): Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Winterreise

    Matthias Goerne, baritone

    5:21
  • 2:48 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    10:45
  • 2:42 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Greatest Hits

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    8:01
  • 2:35 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:11
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    24:38
  • 2:00 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:14
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Antonín Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 – 9

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    11:38
  • 1:41 PM

    The Water is Wide

    Traditional

    The Fairie Round

    Shelley Phillips, english horn

    4:03
  • 1:30 PM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi's Cello

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:56
  • 1:27 PM

    Othello Suite: Military March

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    1:57
  • 1:22 PM

    Love Walked In

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin, Saint Saens, Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:55
  • 1:09 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    For the Love of Brahms

    Joshua Bell, violin

    6:33
  • 1:04 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:55 PM

    The 9 Symphonies

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

    The Cambridge Buskers

    3:19
  • 12:48 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Joshua Bell, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:32 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Piano Concertos BVW 1052, 1054, 1056, 1057

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Rolla, conductor

    Cyprien Katsaris, piano

    14:36
  • 12:28 PM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune: 3rd movement

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    3:03
  • 12:18 PM

    Where the lemon-trees blossom (Wo die Zitronen bluh'n) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2007

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    9:04
  • 12:15 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Utah Symphony & Thierry Fischer

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:09 PM

    Ballet Scenes: Polonaise

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:10
  • 12:04 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: String Quintets Op. 11, 4-6

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    3:57
  • 11:51 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 11:49 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:39
  • 11:39 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    8:17
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Andante

    Howard Hanson

    Hanson Conducts Hanson: Symphony No. 1 "Nordic" / Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" / Song Of Democracy

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:36
  • 11:24 AM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Davidsblundertanze, Symphonische Etuden

    Andras Schiff, piano

    5:52
  • 11:15 AM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 11:09 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:28
  • 11:04 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Classics at the Pops

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:45 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos 5-8

    Guildhall Strings

    Paul Nicholson, harpsichord

    13:21
  • 10:25 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2/Romeo & Juliet

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    18:40
  • 10:21 AM

    Sonando Contigo (Dreaming of you)

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:06
  • 10:17 AM

    Prisms: Every Breath You Take (Prelude)

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:38
  • 10:06 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

    Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

    10:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Afro

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    4:18
  • 9:42 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:38
  • 9:25 AM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The French Suites

    Peter Hill, piano

    14:43
  • 9:18 AM

    Essence of Ruby

    Brandee Younger

    Ennanga

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    5:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Festival of the Bayaderes

    Franz Berwald

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ulf Bjorlin, conductor

    11:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Leaving Home; A Single Bamboo

    Zhou Long

    The Flowing Stream

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:40
  • 8:48 AM

    E.T.: Adventures on Earth

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:49
  • 8:37 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    10:31
  • 8:17 AM

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    18:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:31
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphonies No 3 and No 4

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    37:50
  • 7:16 AM

    Nocturne No. 1

    John Field

    Field: Complete Nocturnes

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    3:39
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite for String Orchestra

    Marion Bauer

    Farm Journal / Cotillion Suite / Symphony In A / Prelude & Fugue / Suite For String Orchestra

    Vienna Orchestra

    Charles Adler, conductor

    13:17
  • 6:36 AM

    Symphony No. 66

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    22:00
  • 6:22 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 3rd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    13:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 5:27 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    31:21
  • 5:23 AM

    Salvation is Created

    Pavel Chesnokov

    After Silence: III. Redemption

    Voces8

    3:21
  • 5:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    20:14