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  • 4:24 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Zdenek Fibich

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    33:54
  • 4:18 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    The War, A Ken Burns Film, The Soundtrack

    Kalle Randalu, piano

    5:08
  • 4:06 AM

    Romance

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance / Suk: Fantasy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    10:41
  • 4:01 AM

    The Kid on the Mountain; The Butterfly

    Traditional Irish

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:49
  • 3:47 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 3:28 AM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    17:27
  • 3:17 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Oberlin 21

    Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:20
  • 3:06 AM

    Lyric Fantasy

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Barcarolle

    Mel Bonis

    Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano

    4:48
  • 2:53 AM

    Closing

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:41
  • 2:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:56
  • 2:11 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Paula Robison, flute

    Ruth Laredo, piano

    12:20
  • 2:06 AM

    At Evening

    Eivind Groven

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Julia Florida

    Agustin Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    4:29
  • 1:43 AM

    Finnish Fantasy

    Alexander Glazunov

    GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 9 - Finnish Fantasy / Finnish Sketches / Karelian Legend

    Moscow Symphony Orchestra

    Igor Golovchin, conductor

    15:37
  • 1:38 AM

    If only evening would come

    Traditional

    Luomu Players

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    3:32
  • 1:21 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    17:04
  • 1:12 AM

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands

    Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo

    7:08
  • 1:06 AM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:01 AM

    The Green Bough

    Joan Trimble

    Bruce Posner, piano

    Donald Garvelmann, piano

    4:27
  • 12:46 AM

    The Backyard of the Village

    Xiaogang Ye

    The Backyard of the Village: Orchestral Works by Xiaogang Ye

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dane Lam, conductor

    12:36
  • 12:44 AM

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    William Winant, percussion

    Daniel Kennedy, percussion

    2:03
  • 12:16 AM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    26:42
  • 12:07 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 11:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    10:23
  • 11:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    10:23
  • 11:37 PM

    The Magic Harp

    Ina Boyle

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    9:15
  • 11:31 PM

    Carolan's Concerto

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Italian Concerto

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    5:17
  • 11:21 PM

    Making Hay

    Errollyn Wallen

    Dance of the Night Sky

    Black Oak Ensemble

    8:20
  • 11:05 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:28
  • 10:59 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Magnus Ericsson, conductor

    4:45
  • 10:47 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 10:32 PM

    Concert Rondo "Krakowiak"

    Frederic Chopin

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:44
  • 10:24 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    6:14
  • 10:20 PM

    a gift

    Rachel Portman

    ask the river

    Rachel Portman, piano

    2:58
  • 10:16 PM

    Valse Caprice

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    3:59
  • 10:05 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor, Dvorak, Stewart

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:02
  • 9:52 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 9:30 PM

    Henry V Suite

    William Walton

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    15:44
  • 9:21 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:28
  • 9:09 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    10:28
  • 9:06 PM

    Piano Sonata: 3rd movement

    Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:50
  • 9:01 PM

    Incineratorag

    William Bolcom

    Decoda

    Decoda

    4:00
  • 8:49 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies 7, 8 & 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:36
  • 8:27 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    21:40
  • 8:10 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:51
  • 8:05 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:00
  • 8:00 PM

    English Suite: Folk Song

    John Duarte

    Nightshade Rounds

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:16
  • 5:49 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

    Amsterdam Guitar Trio

    9:02
  • 5:23 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 5:16 PM

    Naples

    Louise Farrenc

    FARRENC, L.: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 3 - Rondeaux

    Maria Stratigou, piano

    5:06
  • 5:06 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Izumi Tateno, piano

    4:42
  • 4:41 PM

    Dances of Galanta

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:09
  • 4:17 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Yundi Li, piano

    23:10
  • 4:08 PM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    British Light Music Discoveries

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1

    Royal Norwegian Navy Band

    2:04
  • 4:00 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Richard Hol

    Hol: Symphonies

    Residentie Orchestra The Hague

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:42
  • 3:40 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 3:19 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Schoenberg: Pelleas & Melisande; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 3:16 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Jouer, chanter, danser/Play, sing, dance

    Manon Le Comte, harp

    2:04
  • 3:06 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Hook: Flight to Neverland

    John Williams

    Celebrating John Williams

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Spring Fire

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    7:26
  • 2:45 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 2:39 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano

    4:49
  • 2:29 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    From the Forest: Early Classical Works for Horn

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    8:49
  • 2:24 PM

    In the Sweet By and By

    Traditional

    Hold These Truths

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:14
  • 2:01 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    22:47
  • 1:59 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:24
  • 1:40 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-4

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:54
  • 1:37 PM

    Minuet on the Name of Haydn

    Maurice Ravel

    Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky

    Tesla Quartet

    1:54
  • 1:31 PM

    Suite in Old Style: 3rd movement

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    Vaiva Eidukaityte-Storastiene, harpsichord

    5:04
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:23
  • 1:18 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    2:54
  • 1:11 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Price and Sowerby: Music for String Quartet

    Avalon String Quartet

    4:01
  • 1:04 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Russian Overtures

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    9:13
  • 12:48 PM

    Sweet and Low-Down

    George Gershwin

    Klap Ur Handz

    Lark Quartet

    2:06
  • 12:42 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Marc Destrube, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:32 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Sarah Chang, violin

    9:14
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    2022 Lakes Area Music Festival Concert Recording

    Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra

    Christian Reif, conductor

    26:52
  • 12:20 PM

    Tawawa House Suite: Sunday Dance Tune

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works

    Josephine Gandolfi, piano

    2:00
  • 12:11 PM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:04 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    5:21
  • 11:45 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Oboe Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexei Ogrintchouk, conductor

    Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe

    13:26
  • 11:37 AM

    The Seasons: July and August

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    6:11
  • 11:30 AM

    Stars

    Eriks Esenvalds

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    5:47
  • 11:21 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:17 AM

    Puffin' Billy

    Edward White

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Music for Children: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:04
  • 11:07 AM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Mark Bennett, trumpet

    Michael Harrison, trumpet

    7:21
  • 11:04 AM

    The Earl of Essex Galiard

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    1:44
  • 10:48 AM

    Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman

    Randy Newman

    Gloria Cheng, piano

    10:31
  • 10:26 AM

    Stamitz Quartet

    (Selected members), conductor

    19:55
  • 10:16 AM

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    8:21
  • 10:06 AM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Grand Fantasy Quintet: Scherzo

    Rita Strohl

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Hanson Quartet

    Ismael Margain, piano

    4:35
  • 9:40 AM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    18:30
  • 9:21 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:06
  • 9:09 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 9:06 AM

    Suite: Dance

    Marcel Tournier

    Mirage Quintet

    2:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Clare Hammond, piano

    4:36
  • 8:36 AM

    Lachian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    22:40
  • 8:32 AM

    Cantique

    Nadia Boulanger

    Merci

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:01
  • 8:08 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    22:45
  • 8:02 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg in Hollywood

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    5:40
  • 7:34 AM

    Variations on a Nursery Song

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Eldar Nebolsin, piano

    24:12
  • 7:27 AM

    Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

    Henry Cowell

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    6:50
  • 7:05 AM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    19:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 11

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

    Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

    3:23
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    31:06
  • 6:21 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    5:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    18:00
  • 5:32 AM

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    26:35
  • 5:14 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    Christoph Poppen, violin

    Hariolf Schlichtig, viola

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    16:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Rakastava (The Lover)

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    11:18
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