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  • 4:46 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

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

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:52
  • 4:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 14

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Late Quartets

    Calidore String Quartet

    37:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:44
  • 3:56 AM

    Serenade

    Frederick Shepherd Converse

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    2:57
  • 3:52 AM

    Aurora Borealis

    Laurel Zucker

    Coffee Land

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    2:12
  • 3:07 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    43:55
  • 12:44 AM

    Matinees Musicales

    Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirees musicales, Matinees musicales

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    14:28
  • 12:41 AM

    Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

    James W. Johnson/J. Rosamond Johnson

    Sing Democracy 250 Concert Recording

    Together in Hope Choir

    G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor

    2:16
  • 12:24 AM

    Grass

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    16:09
  • 12:10 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    11:29
  • 12:06 AM

    Years of Pilgrimage: Eclogue

    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    3:22
  • 12:01 AM

    The Dragonfly Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    A Viennese New Year

    Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karl Albert Geyer, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    8:45
  • 11:39 PM

    Castell Caernarfon

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Andrews, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:36 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vadym Kholodenko plays Rachmaninoff, Medtner

    Vadym Kholodenko, piano

    2:52
  • 11:14 PM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto, Oboe Concerto

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet

    19:41
  • 11:08 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 11:01 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:21
  • 10:53 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Symphonies 31"Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell"

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:01
  • 10:45 PM

    Six Ricercars on a Theme of F.C. da Milano

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 10:27 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, Gli Uccelli, Antiche Danze

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:58
  • 10:12 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Finale

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1; Symphonic Dances

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:52
  • 10:08 PM

    Alyosha

    Chris Lynch

    Alyosha

    The Dust of Suns Ensemble

    3:08
  • 10:01 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 9:55 PM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor; American Suite

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:50 PM

    American Overture

    Joseph Jenkins

    Concert Recording

    Minnesota Winds

    Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:29 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 2

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:04
  • 9:21 PM

    Brazilian Suite: Intermezzo

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    6:14
  • 9:13 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 2, 5

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    7:30
  • 9:09 PM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:17
  • 9:03 PM

    Once Upon a Time in the West

    Ennio Morricone

    John Williams Plays The Movies

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:58
  • 8:55 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Encore!

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 8:39 PM

    Horn Sonata

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Works For Horn And Piano / Baumann, Hokanson

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    14:41
  • 8:31 PM

    US: This Is Our Time

    Michael Bussewitz-Quarm

    Sing Democracy 250 Concert Recording

    Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor

    6:12
  • 8:13 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet/Serebrier: Carmen Symphony

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    16:51
  • 8:07 PM

    Krivo Sadovsko Horo (Irregular Dance from Sadovo)

    Traditional Bulgarian

    (un)common thread

    Ariana Kim, violin

    4:23
  • 8:00 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    ALBINONI: Double Oboe Concertos and Concertos for Strings, Vol. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    Anthony Robson, oboe

    5:40
  • 5:54 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Petrouchka: Scherzo a la Russe, The Firebird Suite

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:59
  • 5:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 5:11 PM

    A Favorite French Air

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    5:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
  • 4:48 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 4:24 PM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Populist

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    21:02
  • 4:12 PM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2

    Johann Hertel

    J.C. & J.W. Hertel: Trumpet Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    10:28
  • 4:09 PM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin, Liszt

    Mariam Batsashvili, piano

    3:00
  • 4:06 PM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Fantasia

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    2:23
  • 4:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solus et una

    Amit Peled, cello

    4:36
  • 3:58 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata No 2

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    :35
  • 3:46 PM

    Guitar Sonata No. 5

    Wenzel Matiegka

    W.T. Matiegka: Six Sonatas, Op. 31

    David Starobin, guitar

    11:22
  • 3:39 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Hamlet/The Gadfly

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    5:52
  • 3:28 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 3:25 PM

    Children's Album: Villanelle

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    1:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    18:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:52
  • 2:47 PM

    El Camino Real

    Alfred Reed

    Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra

    Alfred Reed, conductor

    11:01
  • 2:47 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 2:37 PM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:42
  • 2:31 PM

    American Overture

    Joseph Jenkins

    Concert Recording

    Minnesota Winds

    Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 67

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    21:21
  • 2:02 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:13
  • 1:57 PM

    Joropo (Venezuelan Dance)

    Moises Moleiro

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:05
  • 1:50 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

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

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    8:17
  • 1:40 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 1:33 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 1:22 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:31
  • 1:18 PM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    2:16
  • 1:12 PM

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso: The Classic Film Music Of Ennio Morricone

    Prague Philharmonic

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:04 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:39
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": Finale

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    4:05
  • 12:40 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Wieniawsky: Violin Concertos

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:48
  • 12:30 PM

    Munich: A Memory Waltz

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss Vol. 5: The Waltz King

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    8:55
  • 12:25 PM

    Waltz

    Nino Rota

    Echoes of Life

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    2:52
  • 12:17 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2

    North German Radio Symphony

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:09 PM

    Petite Symphony: 1st movement

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:04 PM

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Edvard Grieg

    100 Best Classics

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:50 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    8:44
  • 11:42 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    TYBERG: Symphony No. 3 | Piano Trio

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:35 AM

    Neighbors: A Prayer

    Luna Pearl Woolf

    Neighbors

    University of Minnesota Chamber Singers

    Matthew Mehaffey, conductor

    Stephanie Arado, violin

    4:34
  • 11:31 AM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Country Gardens

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:16 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade Nr. 1; Tragische Ouverture; Akademische Festouverture

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    13:02
  • 11:09 AM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:49 AM

    Field of Dreams: The Place Where Dreams Come True

    James Horner

    Field of Dreams Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    9:07
  • 10:27 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 10:21 AM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    The Latin Project

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 10:08 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Antonin Dvorak

    American Virtuosa - Tribute to Maud Powell

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    1:49
  • 10:01 AM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:45 AM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Sonatas For Strings

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    13:45
  • 9:26 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    John Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    17:02
  • 9:17 AM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    7:09
  • 9:06 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Cello Concertos, Vol. 3

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Robinson, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    10:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Caprice No. 24

    Niccolo Paganini

    Virtuoso Guitar Transcriptions

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    4:46
  • 8:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Mari Kodama, piano

    35:18
  • 8:18 AM

    Lamento

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    4:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 7:41 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:19
  • 7:25 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    15:32
  • 7:07 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams: The Lark

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:11
  • 7:01 AM

    Notturno

    Clara Schumann

    Nightscapes

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    5:18
  • 6:34 AM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn "Symphonies Nos. 59, 100 & 101"

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:06
  • 6:15 AM

    Lauda

    Peteris Vasks

    Peteris Vasks: Oboe Concerto - Vestijums - Lauda

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Poga, conductor

    18:57
  • 6:01 AM

    Variations

    Mauro Giuliani

    The Romantic Guitar

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    11:34
  • 5:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    39:47
  • 5:13 AM

    The Lark

    Mikhail Glinka

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    5:06
  • 5:01 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Britten Sinfonia

    Scott Stroman, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:51
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