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  • 4:49 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Late Romantics

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    8:53
  • 4:45 AM

    When The Birds Return

    John Williams

    Guitar Favourites

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:44
  • 4:11 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    Harriet Mackenzie, violin

    32:55
  • 4:06 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Edward Elgar

    Voces8

    3:52
  • 4:01 AM

    La Misterieuse

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:51
  • 3:53 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 3:35 AM

    Ballads for Orchestra

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    17:06
  • 3:26 AM

    Etude No. 6 "En forme de valse"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    7:56
  • 3:12 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Vaino Raitio: Queen of the Flowers - Works for Small Orchestra

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:52
  • 3:06 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Preludes; 2 Nocturnes Op. 62

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:55
  • 3:01 AM

    The Rain

    Joe Hisaishi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:47
  • 2:44 AM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 2:24 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    19:54
  • 2:13 AM

    Divertimento for String Trio

    Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Divertimenti of the Viennese Classical Period

    Vienna String Trio

    9:15
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    Celebration for Flute and Orchestra

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    4:50
  • 1:45 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Geraldine Mucha

    Prague Wind Quintet

    13:45
  • 1:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Nos. 1-32

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    24:40
  • 1:06 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    10:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:53 AM

    Six Pieces: Slava

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    5:39
  • 12:21 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    29:55
  • 12:18 AM

    El Colibri (The Hummingbird)

    Julio Sagreras

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    1:16
  • 12:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    11:39
  • 12:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:48 PM

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

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Wind Sonatinas

    Armonia Ensemble

    10:29
  • 11:43 PM

    Symphony No. 41

    Michael Haydn

    Michael Haydn: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    15:15
  • 11:27 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    James Ehnes, violin

    Wendy Chen, piano

    22:39
  • 11:08 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Matinees & Soirees Musicales

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    15:45
  • 11:03 PM

    Les Tricotets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    The French Album

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    1:35
  • 10:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Ligeti: Violin Concertos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    8:11
  • 10:40 PM

    Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    6:25
  • 10:29 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:25 PM

    Dolly Suite: Mi-a-ou

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:18
  • 10:17 PM

    The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    3:52
  • 10:04 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Pomp and Cirucmstance March No. 1

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:17
  • 9:59 PM

    Blue Bird: Star Dance

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    2:05
  • 9:46 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    The Emerson Encores

    Emerson String Quartet

    7:04
  • 9:43 PM

    Caprice No. 2 "Scherz"

    Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte

    she/her/hers

    Lara St. John, violin

    2:00
  • 9:32 PM

    The Apothecary: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:06
  • 9:22 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 9:12 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 9:04 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 8:56 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:44 PM

    Symphony No. 32

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:32
  • 8:39 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    The Glory of Gabrieli

    Empire Brass & Friends

    3:34
  • 8:25 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    8:49
  • 8:16 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 8:08 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    The Irish Piano

    Michael McHale, piano

    3:37
  • 8:00 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    4:10
  • 5:47 PM

    Coronation Procession

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

    BBC Philharmonic

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:45
  • 5:45 PM

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Trionfi

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    1:40
  • 5:31 PM

    Wind Quintet: 1st movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    8:46
  • 5:25 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    5:03
  • 5:17 PM

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    3:05
  • 5:14 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Pomp on Parade

    Joseph Silverstein, violin

    1:48
  • 5:01 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haffner-Serenade/Marsch KV 249

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    8:05
  • 4:44 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 & Symphonic Variations

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:49
  • 4:30 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:38
  • 4:18 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    Mark Baigent, oboe

    6:30
  • 4:09 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 5; Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    7:10
  • 4:00 PM

    Three Bavarian Dances: The Marksmen

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:46 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    7:48
  • 3:41 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 22

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier

    Emerson String Quartet

    Da-Hong Seetoo, violin

    4:03
  • 3:27 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Adam Walker, flute

    8:29
  • 3:19 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Movies (The Sequel)

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 3:13 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Karajan Edition: Haydn Symphonies

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:00 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:33
  • 2:53 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:15
  • 2:39 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:39
  • 2:27 PM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Valse Scherzo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    6:39
  • 2:13 PM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    Adams: Grand Pianola Music, Shaker Loops etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:39
  • 2:02 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan": Andante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 & 21

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    7:02
  • 1:55 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    5:17
  • 1:47 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Tartini: Trio and Violin Sonatas

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    4:08
  • 1:44 PM

    March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:27
  • 1:30 PM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    9:17
  • 1:25 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Best Film Classics 100

    Moura Lympany, piano

    3:19
  • 1:17 PM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:17
  • 1:10 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets

    Cypress String Quartet

    Barry Shiffman, violin

    3:10
  • 1:04 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:01
  • 12:55 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:01
  • 12:50 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Living Stereo: Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:43 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Complete Piano Works

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    5:19
  • 12:34 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Concerti for Strings

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:28 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Zagreb Festival Orchestra

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:52
  • 12:22 PM

    Fire on the Island

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete Works For Mixed Choir

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Heikki Seppanen, conductor

    1:14
  • 12:16 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:04 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    7:04
  • 11:52 AM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 11:46 AM

    Norma: Casta diva

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:52
  • 11:37 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    7:18
  • 11:31 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Melody

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:21
  • 11:28 AM

    Saudades do Brazil: Corcovado

    Darius Milhaud

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:27
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:15 AM

    Entr'acte

    Jacques Ibert

    Sounds of the Seine

    Glorian Duo

    3:07
  • 11:07 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:16
  • 11:04 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Janos Starker, cello

    2:26
  • 10:48 AM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    10:08
  • 10:26 AM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:24
  • 10:22 AM

    Your Hands In Mine

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Piano Discoveries: From the Heart

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:15
  • 10:13 AM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 10:06 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Julia Florida

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:28
  • 9:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Tchaikovsky: 1812; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau); Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:07
  • 9:37 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    7:48
  • 9:23 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Printemps

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: PIANO SONATAS OPP 2/1, 14/2, 53 & 54

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    16:21
  • 9:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 8:39 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Works by Stravinsky and Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:24
  • 8:20 AM

    Horn Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 10: Quintets, Quartets, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Timothy Brown, horn

    17:47
  • 8:13 AM

    Sarabande

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Bolero; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    12:04
  • 7:27 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades No 1 & 2

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:06
  • 7:23 AM

    After the Cakewalk

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Finlandia, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, The Oceanides, Valse Triste, King Christian II Suite

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    20:31
  • 6:42 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    15:43
  • 6:35 AM

    Cuban Landscape with Rain

    Leo Brouwer

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    John Field

    John Field

    New Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Janos Furst, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    31:57
  • 5:46 AM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    11:50
  • 5:14 AM

    Symphony

    Frederic Lamond

    Lamond: Symphony; Scottish Highlands Overture

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    31:14
  • 5:01 AM

    Jeromita Linares

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    Pablo Cohen, guitar

    11:43
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