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  • 4:35 AM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Gliere: Bronze Horseman/Horn Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    23:49
  • 4:20 AM

    My Week with Marilyn: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    My Week With Marilyn: Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Conrad Pope, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    13:27
  • 4:06 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    Norwegian Violin Favourites

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    12:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Dance of the Flowers

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 1

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:42
  • 3:38 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 3:18 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 3:13 AM

    Oblivion

    Astor Piazzolla

    Dances to a Black Pipe

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    4:19
  • 3:06 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Gavotte; Polonaise; Bourree

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The French Suites

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:54 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    4:04
  • 2:18 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 2:13 AM

    Starlight

    Margaret Lang

    From the Unforgettable Skies

    Lucy Mauro, piano

    2:41
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Bizet, Faure, Ibert, Ravel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:21
  • 2:01 AM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Chinese Dreams

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:38
  • 1:50 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Finale

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:58
  • 1:26 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 7: Violin Sonatas

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    22:03
  • 1:11 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    12:49
  • 1:06 AM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Stephen Hough's Dream Album

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:06
  • 1:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 12:47 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Ballet Gala - Invitation to the Dance

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    10:56
  • 12:22 AM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 12:20 AM

    Richmond Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:11
  • 12:06 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:23
  • 12:01 AM

    Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    Motion Picture Classics, Volume 1

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:48 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony in C; Carmen - Suites Nos 1 & 2; Jeux d'enfants - Suite; Overture: Patrie

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:56
  • 11:42 PM

    Im Fruhling (In the Spring)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Lieder

    Ian Bostridge, tenor

    4:42
  • 11:40 PM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 11:35 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Fantasies for Bassoon

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    2:56
  • 11:06 PM

    Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    28:22
  • 11:01 PM

    Dardanus: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suites

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:45 PM

    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
  • 10:29 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    14:22
  • 10:18 PM

    Suite Rococo

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry, Ysaye, Vieuxtemps, Gossec, etc.

    I Fiamminghi

    France Springuel, cello

    9:50
  • 10:14 PM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    3:00
  • 10:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 10:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Vogler Quartet

    Oliver Triendl, harmonium

    4:37
  • 9:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies No 1 & 2, Etc

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    7:53
  • 9:41 PM

    Giselle: Pas des vendanges

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:41
  • 9:27 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:52
  • 9:23 PM

    Dearest Spot on Earth

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:25
  • 9:11 PM

    King Lear Overture

    Mily Balakirev

    Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, etc.

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    10:39
  • 9:06 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:45
  • 9:03 PM

    Song without Words No. 3 "Hunting Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:39
  • 8:48 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 8:40 PM

    Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement

    Amy Beach

    Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Piano Concerto

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    7:26
  • 8:21 PM

    Sakuntala Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yondani Butt, conductor

    17:51
  • 8:14 PM

    Iberia: Triana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Isaac Albeniz: Four-Hand Piano Music

    Duo Van Dua

    5:20
  • 8:06 PM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    shadow, echo, memory

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    7:25
  • 8:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:53 PM

    Scherzo

    Arthur Foote

    Music for a Sunday Morning

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    5:01
  • 5:33 PM

    The Red Pony Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    24:58
  • 5:19 PM

    Celtic Concerto

    Catrin Finch

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    12:40
  • 5:16 PM

    Chanson bretonne (Breton song)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    2:08
  • 5:12 PM

    Prisms: Every Breath You Take (Prelude)

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    2:38
  • 5:06 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Around The World

    Burning River Brass

    5:28
  • 5:01 PM

    9:15 Revue: Get Happy

    Harold Arlen

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:51
  • 4:44 PM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Farrar: Orchestral Works

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 4:27 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    16:37
  • 4:16 PM

    Fritiof Suite: Prelude

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:02
  • 4:06 PM

    Bolero

    Giovanni Bottesini

    BOTTESINI: Music for Double Bass and Piano, Vol. 1

    Joel Quarrington, double bass

    8:19
  • 4:01 PM

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Jeff Scott

    Startin' Sumthin'

    Imani Winds

    4:50
  • 3:53 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    5:12
  • 3:42 PM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 5 "La tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concert for the Prince of Poland

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:09
  • 3:07 PM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Concert Recording

    MDR Symphony Orchestra

    Tianyi Lu, conductor

    33:45
  • 3:01 PM

    Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen, Studies for piano Op.46

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:40
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:59
  • 2:52 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41, Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:59
  • 2:46 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 2:36 PM

    Souvenirs: Three Dances

    Samuel Barber

    Aspects of America

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    9:03
  • 2:21 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Pavane

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:22
  • 2:00 PM

    Tam O'Shanter

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:32
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:38
  • 1:38 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 1:26 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 1:23 PM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:23
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    David Diamond

    DIAMOND: Symphony No. 3 / Psalm / Kaddish

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    5:54
  • 1:09 PM

    Prelude

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Tharaud Plays Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:16
  • 1:05 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    Musique Francaise: La Marseillaise, Etc.

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, conductor

    2:54
  • 12:54 PM

    Nonet: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

    Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

    4:42
  • 12:45 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque, Op.5

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:18
  • 12:28 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    London Wind Orchestra

    Denis Wick, conductor

    16:01
  • 12:19 PM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 12:16 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Waltzes

    Richard Raymond, piano

    2:35
  • 12:13 PM

    Evening Party

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    1:47
  • 12:05 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:51 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    8:15
  • 11:42 AM

    Sinfonia for Four Trumpets

    Giuseppe Torelli

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:33 AM

    Piano Quartet: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    7:20
  • 11:24 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Pictures

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:17 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 11

    Ann Southam

    Mirrored Glass

    Taktus

    6:05
  • 11:12 AM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:05 AM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 10:43 AM

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale / Fantasy in G Minor / Fantasticke scherzo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:51
  • 10:25 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Encore!

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    16:41
  • 10:21 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:11
  • 10:11 AM

    Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes, Sonatas, Impormptus

    Janina Fialkowska, piano

    4:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 9:49 AM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Dan Godfrey Encores

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 9:24 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Sinfonietta; Martinu: Symphony No. 6; Suk: Fantasticke Scherzo

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    23:13
  • 9:17 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 3: The Song of the Dreamer

    Gentil Montana

    Guitar Music of Colombia

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:02
  • 9:06 AM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Six Flute Concertos, Op.10

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    10:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Levante

    Osvaldo Golijov

    Levant

    Amici

    4:29
  • 8:26 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No 5, En Saga, Tapiola

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    32:20
  • 8:17 AM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    CARWITHEN: Piano Concerto / Bishop Rock / ODTAA / Suffolk Suite

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Sonata No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: String Sonatas; Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets

    Minna Pensola, violin

    14:12
  • 7:44 AM

    Six Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Eroica Variations

    Louis Lortie, piano

    13:51
  • 7:28 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 7:10 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Guitar Sonatina

    Manuel Ponce

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    8:59
  • 6:37 AM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    20:58
  • 6:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens/Faure: The String Quartets

    Miami String Quartet

    23:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:33
  • 5:23 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 5:14 AM

    Lullaby

    George Gershwin

    New World Quartets

    Brodsky Quartet

    9:02
  • 5:01 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:58
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