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  • 4:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Festive Overture - Symphony No. 1 - From Shakespeare

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marek Stilek, conductor

    28:16
  • 4:11 AM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Childhood Tales

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    17:37
  • 4:06 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    Reves

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    4:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:47 AM

    Music after a While

    Michael Nyman

    Fretwork

    11:50
  • 3:40 AM

    Lachrimae

    John Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    5:07
  • 3:26 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Matthew Best, conductor

    Soloists

    13:31
  • 3:10 AM

    Grand Overture No. 3

    Johann Christian Bach

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    13:11
  • 3:06 AM

    Chanson de Nuit

    Edward Elgar

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    Petr Limonov, piano

    3:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Three Parts on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Hesperion XXI

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:40 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Yeol Eum Som, piano

    18:33
  • 2:18 AM

    Summer Concerto (Concerto de estio)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Four Seasons

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Michael Guttman, violin

    21:34
  • 2:13 AM

    Les nuits d'ete (Summer Nights): Villanelle

    Hector Berlioz

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Elly Ameling, soprano

    2:18
  • 2:07 AM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 2:01 AM

    Concert Study

    Felix Godefroid

    Valerie Milot, harp

    4:46
  • 1:55 AM

    Daweswood Suite: The Blossom

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Chamber Music with Clarinet

    Mirecourt Trio

    Craig Olzenak, clarinet

    3:27
  • 1:14 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    39:17
  • 1:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:48
  • 1:01 AM

    Bardenklange: Love Song

    Johann Kaspar Mertz

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    4:39
  • 12:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 25

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Capriccio Quartet

    18:56
  • 12:20 AM

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    18:35
  • 12:16 AM

    Partita No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    RAVEL Concertos - Bach Wittgenstein

    Yeol Eum Son, piano

    3:01
  • 12:06 AM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    SUPPE: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Baroque Nouveau

    4:39
  • 11:49 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Autumn

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:49
  • 11:31 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    16:43
  • 11:27 PM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:18 PM

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 11:06 PM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 11:01 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:45
  • 10:47 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:08
  • 10:29 PM

    Norwegian Dances

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    17:05
  • 10:22 PM

    Cinema Nostalgia

    Joe Hisaishi

    Dream Songs

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    6:09
  • 10:12 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 6 for Violin

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Richard Tognetti, violin

    7:24
  • 10:06 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Romanian Folk-Dances, Kodaly: Galanta Dances, Marosszek Dances

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    6:07
  • 10:01 PM

    12 Contradances: Nos. 1-5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:48 PM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 9:45 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Mazurka

    Clara Schumann

    Angela Tirino, piano

    3:26
  • 9:29 PM

    Four Characteristic Waltzes

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    13:42
  • 9:24 PM

    Suite in Old Style: 3rd movement

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    5:04
  • 9:11 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 9:08 PM

    Carmen: Aragonaise

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:24
  • 9:03 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:45
  • 8:35 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    23:48
  • 8:14 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:27
  • 8:06 PM

    Low Mist (Variation 2)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    Federico Mecozzi, violin and viola

    5:40
  • 8:01 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Michala Petri, recorder

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    4:46
  • 5:44 PM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 5:16 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Poland Radio Chamber Orchestra

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    27:23
  • 5:13 PM

    Mazurka No. 39

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    2:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Candyman Suite

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:07
  • 5:01 PM

    The Overturned Carriages: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:52
  • 4:40 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    James Button, oboe

    18:05
  • 4:24 PM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 4:10 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:32
  • 4:06 PM

    Mass No. 14 "Harmoniemesse": Sanctus

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    HAYDN, J.: Masses, Vol. 6 - Masses Nos. 2, "Missa brevis" and 14, "Harmoniemesse"

    REBEL Baroque Orchestra

    Jane Glover, conductor

    2:44
  • 4:01 PM

    Irish Tune from County Derry

    Percy Grainger

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:47
  • 3:52 PM

    Don Pasquale: Sinfonia

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:44
  • 3:15 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    35:03
  • 3:10 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    2:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    2:56
  • 3:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Cantata "Il delirio amoroso"

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:49 PM

    Andante with Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet, K 381 & 521; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K 448; Andante and Variations, K 501

    Martha Argerich, piano

    7:25
  • 2:48 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 2:38 PM

    El Salon Mexico

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    10:22
  • 2:34 PM

    Barcarolle

    Ricardo Castro

    Salon Mexicano

    Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

    2:46
  • 2:15 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:47
  • 2:05 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 2:00 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:19
  • 1:42 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 1:31 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    9:06
  • 1:28 PM

    Concert Etude No. 1: Prelude

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    1:55
  • 1:22 PM

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Rebecca Dale

    Night Seasons

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    5:11
  • 1:19 PM

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    2:18
  • 1:10 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:04 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:48
  • 12:51 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    The Virtuoso Recorder - Fasch, Schickhardt, Graupner, Stulick

    Cappella Academia Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    8:04
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 1

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:33
  • 12:33 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    John Fullam, clarinet

    3:29
  • 12:23 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    9:08
  • 12:16 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    5:23
  • 12:07 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:50
  • 12:04 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Music of Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    1:51
  • 11:53 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst, Williams, Delius, Warlock

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:47 AM

    Three Dances

    John Bull

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    5:33
  • 11:31 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    13:09
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:15 AM

    Ballet Scenes: Preambule

    Alexander Glazunov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:09 AM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites I

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:23
  • 11:04 AM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 10:50 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 10:25 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Czech Suite

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    23:03
  • 10:20 AM

    Airs for the Seasons: Persian Iris (Winter)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Joanna Marsden, flute

    4:15
  • 10:09 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Germaine Tailleferre

    La Promenade des Dames: French Women Composers and Harp Music

    Alessandra Ziveri, harp

    10:11
  • 10:06 AM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    Desirae Brown, piano

    Deondra Brown, piano

    2:23
  • 10:01 AM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 9:42 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    16:52
  • 9:29 AM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:19 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete works for Piano and Cello

    David Finckel, cello

    9:16
  • 9:06 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Russian Adagios

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    11:53
  • 9:01 AM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Zilliacus Quartet

    4:32
  • 8:21 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 8:06 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    13:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Noble Dame

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:24
  • 7:23 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    34:47
  • 7:18 AM

    Waltz No. 4

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphonie Concertante

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Black Composers Series 1974-1978

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Miriam Fried, violin

    15:22
  • 6:39 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    18:51
  • 6:28 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Schzeri, Impromptus

    Yundi Li, piano

    10:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade No. 4

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 3, 4 and 5

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    25:19
  • 5:38 AM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 5:21 AM

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)

    Jean Francaix

    Bonjour Paris

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Mathias Monius, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    17:04
  • 5:01 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
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