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  • 5:54 AM

    God is Gone Up

    Gerald Finzi

    Septura

    4:26
  • 5:45 AM

    From the Hills

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    8:27
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Antonin Dvorak

    Emerson String Quartet

    37:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Pan Voyevoda: Nocturne

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:49 AM

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:06
  • 4:23 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Masur Conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    24:37
  • 4:20 AM

    Little Prelude No. 11 "Pastorale"

    Joseph Jongen

    Ivan Ilic, piano

    1:59
  • 4:06 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    12:29
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 3:53 AM

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Frederick Delius

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:25
  • 3:27 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Alberto Ginastera

    Oberlin Orchestra

    Raphael Jimenez, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    25:14
  • 3:24 AM

    Anido's Portrait: Chacarera

    Sergio Assad

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:44
  • 3:20 AM

    Three lovely birds of paradise

    Maurice Ravel

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:24
  • 3:06 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

    4:51
  • 2:45 AM

    String Quartet No. 14: Andante

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Calidore String Quartet

    13:26
  • 2:20 AM

    Linen and Lace

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    22:50
  • 2:17 AM

    Four Romantic Pieces: Waltz

    Charlotte Sohy

    Marie Vermeulin, piano

    1:54
  • 2:06 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:07
  • 2:01 AM

    Hot-Time Dance

    George Antheil

    Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 and Other Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Storgards, conductor

    4:33
  • 1:37 AM

    6 Pieces for Violin and Piano

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    21:52
  • 1:32 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:41
  • 1:11 AM

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    19:13
  • 1:06 AM

    Szatmar Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Offenburg String Trio

    2:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo

    Carl Stamitz

    NZSO Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Armstrong, conductor

    4:40
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphony: 4th movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:50 AM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    Retrospectives

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 12:43 AM

    J.S. Dances

    Donald Grantham

    Retrospectives

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    Anastasia Markina, piano

    8:07
  • 12:37 AM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:22
  • 12:22 AM

    Sextet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini

    Sally Walker, flute

    13:06
  • 12:08 AM

    Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli"

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    12:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:54 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 4th movement

    Anton Arensky

    Arensky: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2

    Munich Piano Trio

    5:41
  • 11:45 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
  • 11:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:54
  • 11:30 PM

    O clap your hands together

    Orlando Gibbons

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:38
  • 11:16 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 11:06 PM

    Saans

    Reena Esmail

    American Tapestry

    Dennis Kim, violin

    8:47
  • 10:40 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    19:13
  • 10:32 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    5:47
  • 10:25 PM

    Violin Sonata: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    6:18
  • 10:11 PM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 10:05 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:23
  • 10:02 PM

    HMS Pinafore: We sail the ocean blue

    W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert and Sullivan: HMS Pinafore

    New Symphony Orchestra of London

    Isidore Godfrey, conductor

    2:22
  • 9:49 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    The Key to Classics: J. Strauss

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    9:38
  • 9:45 PM

    Sonata "Pastorale"

    Johann Schmelzer

    La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night

    Illyria Consort

    Bojan Cicic, violin

    3:52
  • 9:29 PM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:28
  • 9:11 PM

    French Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    15:57
  • 9:00 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 6:57 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

    Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th Century England

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 6:44 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 4th-5th movements

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 "Pastoral"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    14:02
  • 6:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    25:53
  • 6:12 PM

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:37
  • 6:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": 2nd movement

    Charles Ives

    Emerson String Quartet

    5:32
  • 6:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:44 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Dvorak: Romance, Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Massenet: Meditations from Thais

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    14:35
  • 5:30 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Katharina Konradi, soprano

    12:19
  • 5:25 PM

    Entr'acte

    Jacques Ibert

    Something Like This

    Sally Walker, flute

    3:19
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations

    Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Rahbari, conductor

    18:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:41 PM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    16:50
  • 4:17 PM

    Symphony No. 93

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:11
  • 4:11 PM

    Aznavoorian Duo

    4:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:44
  • 4:01 PM

    Two German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Yaara Tal, piano

    Andreas Groethuysen, piano

    4:39
  • 3:51 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Classic Marches

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:21
  • 3:51 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 3:38 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Molter

    Baroque Music for Trumpet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:15
  • 3:32 PM

    Guangxi Impression: Tiao Dan Dance

    Gao Hong

    Symphony of Self

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Poll, conductor

    Gao Hong, pipa

    4:39
  • 3:15 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Simple Symphony

    Northern Sinfonia

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    15:53
  • 3:07 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments: Gavotte

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Suite for Winds

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:07
  • 2:55 PM

    The Color Purple: Main Theme

    Quincy Jones

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    4:30
  • 2:47 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Jean Sibelius

    Schoenberg, Sibelius: Violin Concertos

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    7:16
  • 2:38 PM

    Seattle Slew: Preakness Promenade

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:30 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 2:25 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 4 Ouverturen-Suites, Ouverture Bwv 1070

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:43
  • 2:18 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor

    6:03
  • 2:08 PM

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    6:14
  • 2:04 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March)

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:46
  • 1:49 PM

    Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    9:19
  • 1:47 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The 5 Browns

    The 5 Browns

    1:22
  • 1:37 PM

    The Little Trifles (selections)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:26
  • 1:31 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:20 PM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    American Tapestry

    Dennis Kim, violin

    4:13
  • 1:10 PM

    The King's Speech

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    Alexandre Desplat, flute

    3:41
  • 1:04 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance, Marches

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    5:02
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:19
  • 12:47 PM

    Shimmeree

    Peter Togni

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Arthur Polson, conductor

    2:30
  • 12:34 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 12:30 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Capriccio

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana: Romantic Pieces

    James Ehnes, violin

    2:42
  • 12:20 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:46
  • 12:15 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:11 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:14
  • 12:04 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Hamlet/The Gadfly

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    5:52
  • 11:44 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Robert Plane, clarinet

    14:32
  • 11:24 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:29
  • 11:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Dover Quartet

    6:09
  • 11:06 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Peter Damm, horn

    9:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Winter's Garland: In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    Joy to the World

    Chanticleer

    4:44
  • 10:47 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    10:37
  • 10:20 AM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    Louis Lortie, piano

    26:20
  • 10:12 AM

    Carnival Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    Peter Jablonski, piano

    6:06
  • 10:06 AM

    Musette de Choisie and Tavernie

    Francois Couperin

    Palladian Ensemble

    5:14
  • 10:01 AM

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Avlana Eisenberg, conductor

    Zina Schiff, violin

    4:39
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:58
  • 9:20 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    I Musici

    12:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude and Fuge

    Clara Schumann

    Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano

    4:07
  • 8:17 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    41:53
  • 8:09 AM

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    Federico Mecozzi, violin and viola

    5:27
  • 8:01 AM

    Clarinet Quintet: 2nd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    7:28
  • 7:46 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 7:23 AM

    Swanwhite Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    23:06
  • 7:01 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    19:20
  • 6:35 AM

    Harp Concerto No. 1

    Ernst Eichner

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    22:41
  • 6:21 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    17:50
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