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  • 10:02 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:15
  • 9:55 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites I

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:23
  • 9:41 PM

    Symphony No. 4: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Etc

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:44
  • 9:33 PM

    Holberg Suite: Rigaudon

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:02
  • 9:27 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure, Debussy, Szymanowski, Chopin

    Bomsori Kim, violin

    3:56
  • 9:18 PM

    Oboe Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Randall Wolfgang, oboe

    5:35
  • 9:10 PM

    Overture No. 1

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:00
  • 9:03 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:06
  • 8:53 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass - Live

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass

    Jay Friedman, conductor

    6:11
  • 8:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:13
  • 8:30 PM

    Clo-Clo Overture

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Overtures and Waltzes

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mikhail Jurowski, conductor

    6:21
  • 8:24 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell Plays Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    3:40
  • 8:11 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    La Flute Enchantee

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 8:00 PM

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Antonin Dvorak

    Classic II

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    Hauser, cello

    6:23
  • 5:54 PM

    March No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Piano Duets

    Amy Hamann, piano

    4:40
  • 5:42 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Quintets In A, Op.5 & Op.81; Borodin: Quartet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:36
  • 5:38 PM

    Shenandoah

    Traditional

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    3:38
  • 5:28 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:59
  • 5:22 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    2:03
  • 5:12 PM

    Theme and Variations

    Charlotte Sohy

    Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

    National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence

    Debora Waldman, conductor

    Cordelia Palm, violin

    8:40
  • 5:02 PM

    Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:20
  • 4:58 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Affinity

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:57
  • 4:43 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    International Salute

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:43
  • 4:36 PM

    The Triumph of Bacchus (Le Triomphe de Bacchus)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    3:34
  • 4:28 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A Scarlatti: 6 Sinfonie

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    6:24
  • 4:14 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:00
  • 4:04 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 4:01 PM

    Stemningar (Moods): Student's Serenade

    Edvard Grieg

    GRIEG, E.: Piano Music, Vol. 1

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    2:22
  • 3:57 PM

    An Irish Symphony: The Fair Day

    Hamilton Harty

    The Celtic Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:07
  • 3:47 PM

    Festmarsch (Festive March)

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Josephslegende

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:13
  • 3:41 PM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    The Copland Collection 1936-1948

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:34 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:03
  • 3:30 PM

    Calliope

    Julie Cooper

    Contiuuum

    Oculus Ensemble

    Jessica Cottis, conductor

    3:20
  • 3:19 PM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

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

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:02
  • 3:14 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Italian Job

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:10
  • 3:00 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    10:06
  • 2:51 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:16
  • 2:39 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:33 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Music to My Ears: A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    1:20
  • 2:24 PM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems

    Les Siecles

    Francois-Xavier Roth, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:15 PM

    Symphony No. 88: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    3:35
  • 2:09 PM

    Polonaise No. 1

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    5:17
  • 2:01 PM

    Superman: Main Title

    John Williams

    John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:57 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Musical Clock

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    1:55
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:41 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    4:34
  • 1:32 PM

    Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    5:18
  • 1:25 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto in C Major / The Golden Years / Fiddle-Faddle

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    5:51
  • 1:17 PM

    Mill City Flourish

    Jack Stamp

    Recitatives and Episodes: The Chamber Music of Jack Stamp

    Uptown Brass

    3:30
  • 1:10 PM

    Wand of Youth: Fountain Dance

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Fielder's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    2:00
  • 12:55 PM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments: Gavotte

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Suite for Winds

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:07
  • 12:46 PM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Bolero

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:39 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    String Serenades, Vol. 2

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    5:31
  • 12:31 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:57
  • 12:23 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:16 PM

    Boris Godunov: Polonaise

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Dances from the Opera

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:28
  • 12:11 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart13Berg

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Alceste: Grand Entree

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Overtures

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    2:41
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    8:49
  • 11:46 AM

    Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River)

    Robert Lowry

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:02
  • 11:40 AM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:25
  • 11:31 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    8:23
  • 11:21 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:16 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:38
  • 11:09 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Fantasy: A Night At The Opera

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    5:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Folk Songs for Orchestra: My Lord, what a morning

    George Walker

    George Walker: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    3:33
  • 10:42 AM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 10:30 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:14
  • 10:25 AM

    Varsog (Breath of Spring)

    Henning Sommerro

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:41
  • 10:17 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Baroque Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:11
  • 10:06 AM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann StraussJr.

    1992 New Year's Concert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:02
  • 10:01 AM

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:46
  • 9:42 AM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    16:31
  • 9:25 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    16:04
  • 9:11 AM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    11:20
  • 9:06 AM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    MacDowell: Piano Music, Vol. 3

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:52
  • 8:41 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Synfonien 1 & 2

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    17:26
  • 8:24 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

    16:22
  • 8:05 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Strings

    Brenno Blauth

    Death of an Angel

    Camerata Bariloche

    Andres Spiller, oboe

    17:12
  • 8:01 AM

    Six Fish: Sunfish

    Nigel Westlake

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    3:28
  • 7:20 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Clara Schumann

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    37:52
  • 7:15 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    A Rachmaninov Collection

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:13
  • 7:01 AM

    Quartet No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    12:54
  • 6:38 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    19:37
  • 6:21 AM

    Cypresses (selected)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cypresses; String Quartet No. 13 op. 106

    Cypress String Quartet

    16:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Callirhoe

    Cecile Chaminade

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    18:13
  • 5:51 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Works for Clarinet and String Orchestra

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    7:39
  • 5:29 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, & 8 'Le Matin; Le Midi; Le Soir'

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    21:41
  • 5:24 AM

    The Mischievous Angel

    Pablo Casals

    Cantilena

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    2:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Sinfonia da Requiem

    Benjamin Britten

    Concert Recording

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    James MacMillan, conductor

    21:43