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  • 4:23 AM

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    34:57
  • 4:18 AM

    Slow Change

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    3:33
  • 4:06 AM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Wind Quintets by Barber, Saeverud, Jolivet and Hindemith

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    11:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:49 AM

    Hush

    Tina Davidson

    Barefoot

    J Freivogel, violin

    9:15
  • 3:42 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:04
  • 3:16 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Works For Solo Piano

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    25:31
  • 3:06 AM

    Suite dramatique

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    8:15
  • 3:01 AM

    String Trio: Nocturne

    Henri Tomasi

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    4:46
  • 2:44 AM

    Clarinet Sonata

    Francis Poulenc

    Rhapsodie: French Music for Clarinet & Piano

    Janet Hilton, clarinet

    14:09
  • 2:24 AM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:30
  • 2:18 AM

    La Boheme: O soave fanciulla

    Giacomo Puccini

    Duets and Arias

    Royal Opera, Covent Garden

    Richard Armstrong, conductor

    Angela Gheorghiu, soprano

    3:45
  • 2:06 AM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 2:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 4th movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Paris: La Belle Epoque

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:36
  • 1:42 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    16:40
  • 1:10 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    29:24
  • 1:06 AM

    Aire de Vidalita

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    2:41
  • 1:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
  • 12:56 AM

    Tango Natasha

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    2:33
  • 12:21 AM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    33:27
  • 12:06 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 12:01 AM

    Schnofler-Dance

    Johann Mayer

    Vienne 1850: Danses

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:36
  • 11:48 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:11
  • 11:45 PM

    Irish Rhapsody No. 1

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford: Symphony No. 6

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    13:39
  • 11:35 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 11:14 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    17:29
  • 11:01 PM

    Helios Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphony No. 5; Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    11:18
  • 10:48 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:44
  • 10:43 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Maurice Ravel

    Broadway-Lafayette

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    4:01
  • 10:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": Finale

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Thomas Sondergard, conductor

    4:05
  • 10:30 PM

    Dulaman

    Michael McGlynn

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:52
  • 10:15 PM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:10
  • 10:11 PM

    Mazurka

    Jean Sibelius

    Debut

    Himari, violin

    2:38
  • 10:01 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ernest Ansermet, Vol. 10: Chabrier, Lalo

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Ernest Ansermet, conductor

    5:26
  • 9:56 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:25
  • 9:49 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    GERSHWIN, G.: Rhapsody in Blue / Strike Up the Band: Overture / Promenade / Catfish Row

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    John Fullam, clarinet

    3:29
  • 9:40 PM

    Prelude, Polonaise, and Promenade

    Gordon Langford

    Transatlantic

    Onyx Brass

    6:58
  • 9:25 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:46
  • 9:16 PM

    Sekstur from Vensyssel/The Peat Dance

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    3:57
  • 9:10 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78)

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:44
  • 9:03 PM

    Lawrence of Arabia: Main Title

    Maurice Jarre

    Film Music of Maurice Jarre

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Maurice Jarre, conductor

    2:03
  • 8:56 PM

    Miniature Viennese March

    Fritz Kreisler

    The Kreisler Album

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:15
  • 8:48 PM

    Petite Symphony: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    French Flute Favorites

    Waterloo Chamber Orchestra

    Ulysse Waterlot, conductor

    3:41
  • 8:42 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:16
  • 8:32 PM

    Two Pieces for Orchestra: The Eagle

    Anthony Hopkins

    Life is a Dream

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    6:35
  • 8:27 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Serenata Espanola

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    3:54
  • 8:14 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 8:00 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:55
  • 5:52 PM

    Virtuoso Etude after Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"

    Earl Wild

    Upon Further Reflection

    John Wilson, piano

    2:14
  • 5:46 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartet No. 14, No. 12 American

    Cleveland Quartet

    5:05
  • 5:35 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    6:46
  • 5:25 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-4

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:54
  • 5:19 PM

    Rondo alla polacca

    Nikolaus von Krufft

    Works For Horn And Piano / Baumann, Hokanson

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    5:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 4:48 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 "Linz"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    6:44
  • 4:36 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dance Party!

    Escher String Quartet

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    7:12
  • 4:27 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dinnerstein - The Berlin Concert

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    3:16
  • 4:17 PM

    What Do You Do Sunday, Mary?

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 23

    The Band Of Her Majesty's Royal Marines

    Keith Brion, conductor

    8:46
  • 4:00 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    10:58
  • 3:45 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": 4th movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    8:49
  • 3:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:32
  • 3:30 PM

    Symphony No. 97: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: The London Symphonies, Vol. II

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    5:37
  • 3:19 PM

    Shepherd Fennel's Dance

    Henry Gardiner

    British Light Music Classics 4

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    5:33
  • 3:16 PM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:22
  • 3:00 PM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Marisa Robles, harp

    10:57
  • 2:47 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:48
  • 2:33 PM

    My Neighbor Totoro Suite

    Joe Hisaishi

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

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    8:29
  • 2:22 PM

    The Spring and the Fall

    Stephen Paulus

    Splendid Jewel: Choral Music Of Stephen Paulus

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:03
  • 2:16 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    (un)common thread

    Ariana Kim, violin

    4:29
  • 2:00 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 1:49 PM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 1:38 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:17
  • 1:29 PM

    Yeomen of the Guard: Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Topsy-Turvy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Studio Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    4:57
  • 1:24 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Baroque Music for Brass and Organ

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:51
  • 1:18 PM

    E.T.: Over the Moon

    John Williams

    The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:12
  • 1:11 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    3:28
  • 1:04 PM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:05
  • 12:50 PM

    Festive Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

    Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    5:58
  • 12:45 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    3:04
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:25 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    4:32
  • 12:16 PM

    Virtuosity Rag

    William Bolcom

    Bolcom: Haunted Labyrinth, Sessions 2 & 3, etc

    Detroit Chamber Winds

    4:02
  • 12:13 PM

    The Comedians: Gavotte

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    1:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastoral, Fete Polonaise, Overture - Gwendoline, Danse Slave, Joyeuse Marche, Bourree Fantasque; Roussel: Suite in F, Op. 33

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:50 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 1st movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar, Five Preludes

    Monteverdi Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Julian Bream, guitar

    5:55
  • 11:41 AM

    Scherzando No. 6

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:32
  • 11:41 AM

    The Irish Four Seasons: Autumn

    Ailbhe McDonagh

    The Irish Seasons

    Anamus

    David Brophy, conductor

    Lynda O'Connor, violin

    4:11
  • 11:35 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:22 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    10:53
  • 11:16 AM

    Battle Suite

    Samuel Scheidt

    American Brass Quintet Plays Renaissance, Elizabethan And Baroque Music

    American Brass Quintet

    4:49
  • 11:09 AM

    Zefiro torna

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:36
  • 11:04 AM

    L'Amico Fritz: Preludietto

    Pietro Mascagni

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    3:41
  • 10:46 AM

    Suite Francaise

    Francis Poulenc

    Paris Orchestra

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    12:22
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphony No. 18

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    23:00
  • 10:19 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 4: Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    2:15
  • 10:10 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Vincenzo Bellini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Fugue "Little"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:34
  • 10:01 AM

    African Suite: Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Kevin John Edusei, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:49 AM

    Waltz-Scherzo

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    8:51
  • 9:34 AM

    Fantasy on Polish Airs

    Frederic Chopin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    13:51
  • 9:17 AM

    Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Nash Ensemble

    15:30
  • 9:06 AM

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Giacomo Puccini

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    10:05
  • 9:01 AM

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:36
  • 8:40 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 8:36 AM

    The Three Kings

    Peter Cornelius

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    2:43
  • 8:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    London Mozart Players

    Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

    Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon

    10:33
  • 7:16 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    42:04
  • 7:11 AM

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:02
  • 7:01 AM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:42
  • 6:39 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Leonard Bernstein, piano

    19:13
  • 6:20 AM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:16
  • 5:43 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    15:22
  • 5:28 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade No. 4

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    25:18
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