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  • 9:47 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Bolero; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:07
  • 9:41 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Vanhal

    Mozart, Vanhal: Bassoon Concertos

    St. Mary's Chamber Players

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    John Miller, bassoon

    5:05
  • 9:31 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:01
  • 9:28 PM

    Dulaman

    Michael McGlynn

    Artifacts: The Music of Michael McGlynn

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    1:43
  • 9:17 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:31
  • 9:10 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great: Flotenkonzerte & Sinfonien

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    Manfred Friedrich, flute

    6:25
  • 9:03 PM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:56 PM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    3:23
  • 8:48 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    4:10
  • 8:42 PM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto: Afro

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

    Imani Winds

    4:18
  • 8:29 PM

    Festival Overture

    Douglas Lilburn

    LILBURN: Orchestral Works

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    8:16
  • 8:22 PM

    Piano Sonata: Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

    Barry Douglas, piano

    5:07
  • 8:11 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch, Florence Price: Violin Concertos

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    7:39
  • 8:01 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    A Tre Violini

    Stradivaria

    5:38
  • 5:52 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    6:15
  • 5:47 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes: Entry of the Birds

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Works for Chorus and Orchestra

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:27
  • 5:40 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    Carole Dawn Reinhart

    German Bach Soloists

    Helmut Winschermann, conductor

    Carole Dawn Reinhart, trumpet

    6:16
  • 5:31 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos / Gringolts, Etc

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Itzhak Perlman, conductor

    Ilya Gringolts, violin

    4:52
  • 5:26 PM

    Knockout "A Rag"

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:54
  • 5:14 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Emanuele Barbella

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    8:11
  • 5:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    8:01
  • 4:47 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:41 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Gavotte

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    5:16
  • 4:36 PM

    The Little White Donkey

    Jacques Ibert

    Souvenirs

    Kyung Wha Chung, violin

    2:24
  • 4:27 PM

    Iberia: Lavapies

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Iberia - Complete

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:44
  • 4:17 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Avison: Salve Regina, Stabat Mater

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:07
  • 4:10 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 55 "The Schoolmaster": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 30, 55 & 63

    Northern Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    4:10
  • 3:55 PM

    Ladies in Lavender

    Nigel Hess

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:42
  • 3:44 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Adams

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Chad Hoopes, violin

    6:23
  • 3:32 PM

    Don Quixote: Pas de deux

    Leon Minkus

    Dance!: The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    7:05
  • 3:29 PM

    Valse-Ballet

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:02
  • 3:14 PM

    English Dances: First Set

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold for Band

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:31
  • 3:01 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
  • 2:56 PM

    Humoresque No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Encore

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:49
  • 2:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": 3rd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:05
  • 2:39 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Vol I

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    6:01
  • 2:32 PM

    West Side Story: Mambo

    Leonard Bernstein

    Dance Mix

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:23
  • 2:26 PM

    F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Violin Sonatas

    Arabella Steinbacher, violin

    5:38
  • 2:14 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    6:52
  • 2:08 PM

    Suite of Dances

    Florence Price

    Price: Songs of the Oak - Concert Overtures Nos. 1-2

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    John Jeter, conductor

    3:52
  • 1:59 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": Finale

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    4:09
  • 1:54 PM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 1:46 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:00
  • 1:35 PM

    Zampa Overture

    Ferdinand Herold

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:23
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphony No. 34: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 33 & 34

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:27
  • 1:16 PM

    Pa Pa Pa

    Edgar Olivero

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Sarahbanda

    Sarah Willis, horn

    3:05
  • 1:11 PM

    Song without Words No. 42

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Blue Hour

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    1:50
  • 1:04 PM

    Holberg Suite: Prelude

    Edvard Grieg

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg: Holberg Suite

    Mito Chamber Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    2:59
  • 12:57 PM

    Standchen: Transcription of Schubert's Hark, Hark, the Lark

    Franz Liszt

    Schubert, Brahms, Liszt

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    2:34
  • 12:45 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 12:42 PM

    Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Essential Ballet

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    1:36
  • 12:35 PM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Wind Quintets

    Vento Chiaro

    2:38
  • 12:28 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Michael Rabin

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Eugene Goossens, conductor

    Michael Rabin, violin

    6:40
  • 12:19 PM

    Tosca: And the stars were shining

    Giacomo Puccini

    The Great Puccini

    Prague Philharmonia

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    Jonathan Tetelman, tenor

    6:47
  • 12:11 PM

    English Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1, 3, And 5

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    2:15
  • 12:04 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 11:55 AM

    F.C.'s Jig

    Mark O'Connor

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    3:15
  • 11:47 AM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:20
  • 11:42 AM

    Preludes, Book 1: Les collines d'Anacapri (The Hills of Anacapri)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

    Paul Crossley, piano

    3:25
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    10:31
  • 11:24 AM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:09
  • 11:15 AM

    Double Violin Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Rainer Kussmaul, violin

    7:47
  • 11:08 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: 2nd movement

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartets

    Erato Quartet

    5:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Czech Suite: Prelude-Pastorale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:44 AM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:10
  • 10:24 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn String Quartets - Live at the Wigmore Hall, Vol. 2

    Lindsay String Quartet

    18:31
  • 10:13 AM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op 10

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

    9:57
  • 10:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 10:01 AM

    The Seal Lullaby

    Eric Whitacre

    Home

    Voces8

    Christopher Glynn, piano

    4:33
  • 9:48 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    9:50
  • 9:33 AM

    Prince of Clouds

    Anna Clyne

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    13:30
  • 9:23 AM

    Scenes d'Enfants

    Federico Mompou

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    9:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    15:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Poem

    Zdenek Fibich

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    4:48
  • 8:45 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    British Invasion

    Alexander String Quartet

    William Kanengiser, guitar

    13:33
  • 8:23 AM

    The Sea

    Frank Bridge

    Britten, Bridge, Bax - Four Sea Interludes, etc.

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    21:39
  • 8:15 AM

    Hymn

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    6:02
  • 8:01 AM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    13:13
  • 7:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral", Symphony No. 4

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    38:07
  • 7:14 AM

    Passacaglia on an Old English Tune

    Rebecca Clarke

    Clarke: Chamber Works

    Justin Pearson, cello

    5:47
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 6 - From Holberg's Time / Lyric Suite / Melodies

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    11:03
  • 6:23 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Key of A

    Lara St. John, violin

    35:05
  • 6:12 AM

    Metamorphosis II

    Philip Glass

    Dreaming Awake

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    10:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkainen

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Susanna Malkki, conductor

    Paula Malmivaara, English horn

    9:44
  • 5:52 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Music for a Rainy Day

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    6:09
  • 5:46 AM

    watersheds: the gentle rain which waters

    Nicholas Cline

    MOTION STUDIES

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    Matthew Levy, tenor saxophone

    5:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 6

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    43:01