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  • 12:52 AM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 12:43 AM

    Basket of Flowers

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    7:57
  • 12:25 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    17:07
  • 12:17 AM

    Duo for Flute and Piano: Flowing

    Aaron Copland

    Return

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    5:57
  • 12:06 AM

    The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    10:45
  • 12:01 AM

    Sweet Smell of Jasmine

    Manos Hadjidakis

    Paper Moon: Songs by Manos Hadjidakis

    Elena Papandreou, guitar

    4:47
  • 11:49 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Four Symphonies

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:42
  • 11:38 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Night Music

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    20:48
  • 11:24 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri; L'Apprenti sorcier/Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Espana

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:29
  • 11:13 PM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great: Flotenkonzerte & Sinfonien

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    10:07
  • 11:07 PM

    Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers

    Miklos Rozsa

    Summon the Heroes

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:49
  • 10:49 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenberg Concertos

    La Stravaganza

    Siegbert Rampe, conductor

    17:18
  • 10:45 PM

    Autumn

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    2:50
  • 10:12 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    30:07
  • 9:54 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Bolero, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Ma Mere L'oye

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    15:07
  • 9:31 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106 "Hammerklavier"

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    20:13
  • 9:23 PM

    Pacific 231

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 and 3

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:28
  • 9:16 PM

    In the Light of the Moon

    Stanley Woolner

    blue horizon

    Ivan Konev, piano

    5:13
  • 9:08 PM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    6:01
  • 8:51 PM

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

    Bedrich Smetana

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:37
  • 8:33 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    16:04
  • 8:14 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:33
  • 5:58 PM

    Prelude No. 14

    Frederic Chopin

    Echoes of Life

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    :31
  • 5:46 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Complete String Symphonies Vol 1

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:16
  • 5:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    24:33
  • 5:13 PM

    Scherzo

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:30
  • 5:06 PM

    A Toi (To You) Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:00
  • 5:00 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A. Scarlatti: Sinfonie & Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:43
  • 4:49 PM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    9:00
  • 4:21 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 3, Suites

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    27:39
  • 4:12 PM

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:01
  • 4:06 PM

    Serenata Cubana

    Ignacio Cervantes

    Piano Cuba

    Thomas Fischer, piano

    5:38
  • 4:01 PM

    Overture "Water Music": Menuet; Gigue; Canarie

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Water Music; Three Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:45 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 3:30 PM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:38
  • 3:26 PM

    Dawn Sky

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:39
  • 3:07 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    17:32
  • 3:01 PM

    Madrigal-Pavana

    Francisco Braga

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Neil Thomson, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:53 PM

    Chaconne

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:21
  • 2:52 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:45
  • 2:48 PM

    Passacaille in C

    Louis Couperin

    George Lucktenberg, harpsichord

    5:20
  • 2:43 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    3:53
  • 2:35 PM

    Piano Trio No. 1: 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn Piano Trios

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    6:32
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Concert Recording

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    25:31
  • 2:03 PM

    Songs of a Wayfarer (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Songs of a Wayfarer

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

    16:57
  • 1:53 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    7:38
  • 1:46 PM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Josefowicz, Novacek: Recital

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    5:16
  • 1:42 PM

    Mel Blanc, vocal

    3:00
  • 1:32 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 1:28 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Best Film Classics 100

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:47
  • 1:22 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Morgenlich leuchtend (Walther's Prize Song)

    Richard Wagner

    Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marco Armiliato, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    5:10
  • 1:17 PM

    Melody

    Anton Rubinstein

    The Maiden's Prayer

    Philip Martin, piano

    3:26
  • 1:08 PM

    La Vie Parisienne: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:29
  • 1:04 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    2:46
  • 12:54 PM

    Rustic Dance

    Jose Carlos Campos

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    3:16
  • 12:48 PM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    A Pianist's Journey

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    4:59
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": 3rd movement

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 'Romantic'

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:11
  • 12:32 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Yunchan Lim, piano

    4:12
  • 12:21 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    9:36
  • 12:17 PM

    The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull

    Vernon Duke & Ogden Nash

    Studio Orchestra

    Eric Stern, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    1:40
  • 12:15 PM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    A Pianist's Journey

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:28
  • 12:07 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande, Valse Triste, Rakastava

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:03
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:50 AM

    Introduction, Theme, and Variations

    Carl Maria von Weber

    WEBER: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34 / Grand Duo Concertant

    Auer Quartet

    Kalman Berkes, clarinet

    8:19
  • 11:47 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 op. posth.

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:20
  • 11:35 AM

    Concerto for Trumpet and Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Baroque Trumpet Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

    10:02
  • 11:22 AM

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony, Three Overtures

    Bern Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Maag, conductor

    12:04
  • 11:18 AM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Jan Vogler: My Tunes

    Dresden Kapellsolisten

    Helmut Branny, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    2:47
  • 11:09 AM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:04 AM

    Rusalka: Polonaise

    Antonin Dvorak

    Exotic Dances from the Opera

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:47 AM

    Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 10:29 AM

    Poeme

    Ernest Chausson

    Secret Love Letters

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    16:16
  • 10:26 AM

    Now the day is full of song

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: Songs For Choir

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Michael Bojesen, conductor

    2:16
  • 10:15 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Schoenberg; Strauss

    Concertante

    10:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:00
  • 10:01 AM

    12 Minuets for Orchestra: Nos. 10-11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:48 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    9:50
  • 9:21 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Melartin: Orchestral Works

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 9:15 AM

    Il Sentimentale

    Mauro Giuliani

    Charms to Soothe

    David Leisner, guitar

    3:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Piano Sonatas etc.

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    8:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    Coates: Four Centuries

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 8:29 AM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Spring"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quartets K 387 & 421

    Emerson String Quartet

    29:43
  • 8:05 AM

    Nordic Chamber Orchestra

    Patrik Ringborg, conductor

    Delphine Constantin-Reznik, harp

    21:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Little Waltz

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    3:31
  • 7:46 AM

    Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale

    Rebecca Clarke

    Julian Farrell, clarinet

    Michael Ponder, viola

    11:54
  • 7:30 AM

    Andromeda

    Augusta Holmes

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Leo Hussain, conductor

    15:08
  • 7:19 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Guitar Trek

    10:02
  • 7:01 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi's Rome

    Oregon Symphony

    James DePreist, conductor

    17:10
  • 6:47 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 6:41 AM

    Little Song

    Fred Hersch

    Silent, Listening

    Fred Hersch, piano

    4:49
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    38:35
  • 5:54 AM

    Der Entfernten (To the Distant One) No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    4:15
  • 5:12 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Trios Op.99 & 100

    Trio Wanderer

    42:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    8:24