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  • 4:52 AM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    6:01
  • 4:10 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Stravinsky: Firebird

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    41:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Skazka (Tale)

    Nikolai Medtner

    Medtner: The Complete Skazki

    Hamish Milne, piano

    2:26
  • 4:01 AM

    A Dream

    John Dowland

    John Dowland: Lute Music

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:49
  • 3:47 AM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:14
  • 3:26 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Pan and Syrinx

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Adam Walker, flute

    19:17
  • 3:20 AM

    Circles

    Bryce Dessner

    Takacs Assad Labro

    Takacs Quartet

    Julien Labro, bandoneon

    5:46
  • 3:11 AM

    The Swans

    Vaino Raitio

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    7:39
  • 3:06 AM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    4:04
  • 3:01 AM

    Suite Piedra libre: La Mancha

    Denis Plante

    Summer Music

    Pentaedre

    4:51
  • 2:37 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Debussy: Fantaisie; Bizet: Symphony in C

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    Andrew von Oeyen, piano

    21:36
  • 2:17 AM

    Divertimento

    Michael Ippolito

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    18:21
  • 2:12 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Love Letters: Tribute to Clara & Robert Schumann

    Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello

    2:58
  • 2:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 2:01 AM

    Skipping Stones

    Michael Fine

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    4:53
  • 1:53 AM

    Into the Light: Flower into Kindness

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Kathlene Ritch, soprano

    5:14
  • 11:44 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    14:06
  • 11:25 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos, Dances of Galanta, Peacock Variations

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:09
  • 11:19 PM

    Two Polsdans; Pol

    Anonymous

    Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

    The Curious Bards

    5:35
  • 11:16 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:16
  • 11:06 PM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 11:01 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:45 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Concertos Part 1

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Alan Gilbert, conductor

    Inon Barnatan, piano

    12:57
  • 10:39 PM

    Jongo

    Paulo Bellinati

    From Moment to Moment

    Duo Transatlantique

    5:32
  • 10:28 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:22
  • 10:23 PM

    Anyone Can Whistle

    Stephen Sondheim

    Liasons II: All Things Bright and Beautiful

    Anthony de Mare, piano

    3:29
  • 10:13 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 1

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concerti

    Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra

    Rachel Podger, violin

    8:06
  • 10:06 PM

    Welcome the Queen

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:01 PM

    Etiolles (Valse)

    Mel Bonis

    Memoires d'une femme

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:39
  • 9:50 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:16
  • 9:43 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:49
  • 9:33 PM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    8:07
  • 9:21 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 9:17 PM

    Ciaconna

    Andrea Falconieri

    Le Tre Soprano: The Three Ladies of Ferrara

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    2:43
  • 9:09 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 9:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Dorati Conducts Brahms and Enesco

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:07
  • 9:03 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Schmankerln und Postres

    Duo Intermezzo

    2:50
  • 8:43 PM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    14:52
  • 8:22 PM

    Rodeo

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    19:09
  • 8:15 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    My Time Is Now - Inspirations from the Gershwins

    Haerim Elizabeth Lee, violin

    6:33
  • 8:06 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
  • 8:01 PM

    Gernot: Prelude to Act II

    Eugene d'Albert

    D'Albert: Aschenputtel (Cinderella) Suite

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:50
  • 7:41 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    Robert Montgomery, horn

    17:42
  • 5:52 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Mazurka and Polonaise

    Clara Schumann

    The Young Clara: Early Piano Works

    Angela Tirino, piano

    6:41
  • 5:20 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    30:55
  • 5:17 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

    James Ehnes, violin

    1:48
  • 5:06 PM

    Euryanthe Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Overtures; Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:03
  • 5:01 PM

    Home Sweet Home

    Henry Bishop

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:49
  • 4:45 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    13:28
  • 4:21 PM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Lachian Dances, Idylle

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:39
  • 4:14 PM

    Gavotte

    David Popper

    Le Grand Tango and Other Dances for Cello and Piano

    Maria Kliegel, cello

    5:12
  • 4:06 PM

    Grand Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 3

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:10
  • 4:01 PM

    Erwin and Elmire: Entre acte

    Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

    Masters of the Goethe Era

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:43 PM

    Bravura Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Cipriani Potter

    Cipriani Potter: Piano Concertos; Rossini Variations

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    14:58
  • 3:26 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    15:08
  • 3:22 PM

    Two Marches

    Anonymous

    Sublimation: Songs and dances from 18th-century Scandinavia

    The Curious Bards

    3:08
  • 3:10 PM

    Symphony

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    10:50
  • 3:06 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:00 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Connecting Cultures

    Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano

    4:46
  • 2:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 2:49 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:15
  • 2:26 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    22:11
  • 2:09 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    15:23
  • 2:05 PM

    Frostiana: The Pasture

    Randall Thompson

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 2:00 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 1:49 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 1:41 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Impromptu

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:16
  • 1:35 PM

    String Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Italian Oratorios

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:33
  • 1:31 PM

    Arabesque No. 2

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf � Recital: Debussy, Faure, Caplet, Tailleferre, Tournier, Roussel, Ravel

    Maria Graf, harp

    3:30
  • 1:22 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 1:18 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:13
  • 1:11 PM

    Valse Lente, "Fleurette"

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: L'Encore

    Eastman-Dryden Orchestra

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Piano Quintet

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    5:16
  • 12:46 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:47
  • 12:36 PM

    Concerto for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Rebelles Baroques: Quantz and Telemann Concerti

    Arion

    8:26
  • 12:30 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 12:18 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Goldmark: Overtures

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:14 PM

    String Trio: Rondo

    Jean Francaix

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    3:40
  • 12:08 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    The Nature of America: A Musical Impression

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:06
  • 12:04 PM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:21
  • 11:46 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:32
  • 11:42 AM

    La Jongleuse (The Juggler)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Jorge Bolet: Encores

    Jorge Bolet, piano

    2:01
  • 11:35 AM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:03
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:33
  • 11:16 AM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    5:18
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    5:59
  • 11:04 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Nicola Benedetti: Mendelssohn, MacMillan, Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 10:48 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder

    Cologne Camerata

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    10:46
  • 10:27 AM

    Sea Sketches

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic

    John Andrews, conductor

    18:34
  • 10:23 AM

    L'Ondine

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:50
  • 10:14 AM

    String Quartet: Adagio

    Emilie Mayer

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    7:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

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

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    7:18
  • 10:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:31
  • 9:49 AM

    Schatz Waltz (Treasure Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    8:48
  • 9:32 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 9:23 AM

    Children Suite

    Ding Shan-de

    Chinese Piano Favourites

    Jie Chen, piano

    8:45
  • 9:16 AM

    Sweet Memories of Thee

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    5:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Romance

    Johann Peter Salomon

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:40
  • 8:49 AM

    Night Song

    Wayne Barlow

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman Philharmonia

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    9:11
  • 8:39 AM

    Wepan

    Tina Davidson

    Barefoot

    Jasper String Quartet

    Natalie Zhu, piano

    9:12
  • 8:33 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    5:23
  • 8:05 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Pretty Lady: Gymnopedie

    Stephen Hough

    Liasons II: All Things Bright and Beautiful

    Anthony de Mare, piano

    3:50
  • 7:52 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:56
  • 7:47 AM

    Fantasie No. 4

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasy

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:56
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No.4

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    44:22
  • 6:40 AM

    Guitar Concerto "Chaconne"

    Wayne Siegel

    Jakob Bangsø: Guitar Concertos

    Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

    Kaisa Roose, conductor

    Jakob Bangso, guitar

    18:29
  • 6:36 AM

    Tristesse (The Sad One)

    Gabriel Faure

    Apres un reve

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    3:06
  • 6:01 AM

    Kontra Quartet

    Anne Egendal, violin

    33:04
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    36:10
  • 5:04 AM

    Where Hope Was Sown

    Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach

    Victoria String Quartet

    Richard Simpson, oboe

    16:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    2:14
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