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  • 5:15 PM

    Scaramouche

    Darius Milhaud

    Creation

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    11:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 5:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Divertissement!

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    4:45
  • 4:42 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 4:21 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Music of Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Turina

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    19:16
  • 4:12 PM

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

    Dusan Bogdanovic

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    6:59
  • 4:06 PM

    La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 3

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    5:24
  • 4:00 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:51 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    SUPPE: Famous Overtures

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    8:07
  • 3:28 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    20:57
  • 3:11 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:02
  • 3:06 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    5:00
  • 3:00 PM

    On Wings of Song; Spinning Song

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Short Stories

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:49
  • 2:50 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 2:49 PM

    Symphony: Finale

    Cesar Franck

    Franck: Symphony in D minor; Les olides

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:48
  • 2:41 PM

    Elegie

    Gabriel Faure

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    7:32
  • 2:38 PM

    Epigraphs Antiques: Morning Rain

    Claude Debussy

    Music in Time of War

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    2:00
  • 2:26 PM

    Come to the Woods

    Jake Runestad

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Stephen Swanson, piano

    11:02
  • 2:20 PM

    Muir Woods

    Andrew York

    L.A.G.Q.

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:49
  • 2:00 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:43
  • 1:42 PM

    La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz ("Quando m'en vo")

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Romantic Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:08
  • 1:32 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Frederic Chopin

    CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2, Scherzi

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    8:22
  • 1:23 PM

    Carmina Burana

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Christiane Oelze, soprano

    62:37
  • 1:18 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 1:09 PM

    Abdelazar: Suite

    Henry Purcell

    One Charming Night

    Oslo Circles

    5:03
  • 1:04 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:10
  • 12:51 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonien 1-9

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:42 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 12:31 PM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:06
  • 12:21 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Hungarian & Trojan Marches; Corsair & Roman Carnival Overtures

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    8:21
  • 12:16 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Congratulations

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Nordic Spring

    Christian Bergqvist, violin

    3:57
  • 12:09 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:29
  • 12:04 PM

    The Tick-Tock Clock

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Divertimento After Couperin

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    3:51
  • 11:50 AM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:09
  • 11:40 AM

    Flute Sonata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Sonatas for Flute

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    8:09
  • 11:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 5

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    8:57
  • 11:20 AM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:05
  • 11:15 AM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:57
  • 11:09 AM

    Covent Garden: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 100

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:16
  • 11:04 AM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:42 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet/Serebrier: Carmen Symphony

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    16:51
  • 10:27 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    13:27
  • 10:22 AM

    Caprice-Burlesque

    Ossip Gabrilowitsch

    Stephen Hough: The Piano Album, Vol.1

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:26
  • 10:11 AM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures | Walpurgisnacht

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    10:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:12
  • 10:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral": Finale

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Le Mozart Noir

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    4:38
  • 9:46 AM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 9:27 AM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: French Suites Nos. 1-6, English Suite No. 3, Italian Concerto

    Andrei Gavrilov, piano

    17:33
  • 9:15 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Introduction et Allegro

    Allegri String Quartet

    Vanessa McKeand, harp

    10:28
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:58
  • 9:01 AM

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    4:48
  • 8:45 AM

    Tuba Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Patrick Harrild, tuba

    13:08
  • 8:27 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Volume 1

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    17:39
  • 8:14 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 8:01 AM

    Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation

    Joe Hisaishi

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

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    12:04
  • 7:42 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Bravura: Respighi, Strauss

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    16:42
  • 7:20 AM

    Humoresques

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Violin Concerto, 6 Humoresques, 2 Serenades

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    Joseph Swensen, violin

    21:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 6

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintets

    Tokyo String Quartet

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    17:00
  • 6:40 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    18:08
  • 6:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Konzertstuck

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Nikolai Demidenko, piano

    19:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto for Three Violins

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins

    Portland Baroque Orchestra

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    16:51
  • 5:31 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Delibes: Coppelia; Chopin: Les Sylphides; Gounod: Faust

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 5:25 AM

    The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang in Paris

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:23
  • 5:18 AM

    Marcus Eley, clarinet

    5:12
  • 5:01 AM

    En skargardssagen (A legend of the Skerries)

    Hugo Alfven

    Concert Recording

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    16:02