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Acis and Galatea - excerpts ( Handel, George Frideric)
Adieu Robert Schumann ( Schafer, R. Murray)
Air d'Espagne ( Evangelista, Jose)
Akasha (Sky) ( Buhr, Glenn)
Ancestral Voices ( Koprowski, Peter Paul)
Antinomie ( Hétu, Jacques)
Antinomie ( Hétu, Jacques)
Appalachian Spring ( Copland, Aaron)
Atayoskewin ( Forsyth, Malcolm)
Au Château de Pompairain ( Mather, Bruce)
Ballade for piano and orchestra in F-sharp minor, Op. 19 ( Fauré, Gabriel)
Ballade for Viola and Strings ( Ridout, Godfrey)
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Bringing the Tiger Down from the Mountain II ( Louie, Alexina)
Cantata BWV 32 "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Célébration ( Prévost, André)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 ( Dvorák, Antonín)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 ( Dvorák, Antonín)
Cello Concerto in B-flat major ( Boccherini, Luigi)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 ( Shostakovich, Dmitri)
Chamber Concerto No. 6 ( Kulesha, Gary)
Chanson de Jadis ( Hodkinson, Sydney)
Circle, Triangle, 4 Squares ( Brott, Alexander)
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74 ( Weber, Carl Maria von)
Clarinet Quintet in A major "Stadler", K. 581 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Concert champêtre ( Poulenc, Francis)
Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major, K. 299 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Concerto for Orchestra ( Sokolovic, Ana)
Concerto for two flutes ( Cimarosa, Domenico)
Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 62 ( Mannino, Franco)
Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102, "Double Concerto" ( Brahms, Johannes)
Concerto in D minor for two Violins, BWV 1043 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Delta, for percussion, violin, clarinet and orchestra ( Colgrass, Michael)
Deux Tapisseries ( Gellman, Steven)
Diversion for Orchestra ( Adaskin, Murray)
Divertimento concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra ( Rota, Nino)
Divertimento for Strings ( Morawetz, Oskar)
Divertimento for Strings in D major, K. 136 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Divertimento No. 1 for Flute and Strings ( Weinzweig, John)
Divertimento No. 6 ( Weinzweig, John)
Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round" ( Tippett, Sir Michael)
Divertissement ( Mercure, Pierre)
Dream-e-scape ( Schafer, R. Murray)
Dummiyah ( Weinzweig, John)
East ( Schafer, R. Murray)
Elegy for String Orchestra ( Silvestrov, Valentin)
Epitaph for Strings ( Koprowski, Peter Paul)
Esquisse ( Morel, François)
Evanescence ( Prévost, André)
Exquisite Fires ( Bouchard, Linda)
Fantasia on the Theme by Thomas Tallis ( Williams, Ralph Vaughan)
Five Songs for Dark Voice ( Somers, Harry)
Flute Concerto, Op.51 ( Hétu, Jacques)
Forging Utopia ( Oliver, John)
Frenergy ( Estacio, John)
From the Diary of Anne Frank ( Morawetz, Oskar)
From the Drum Comes a Thundering Beat ( Murphy, Kelly-Marie)
Gitanjali ( Schafer, R. Murray)
Group of Seven ( Turner, Robert)
Harpsichord Concerto ( Falla, Manuel de)
Hexad ( Fleming, Robert)
Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 11 ( Strauss, Richard)
Improvvisazioni Concertanti No. 2 ( Beecroft, Norma)
Indigo ( Freedman, Harry)
Infinite Sky with Birds ( Louie, Alexina)
Inner Voices ( Hui, Melissa)
Introduction & Allegro appassionato, Op. 92 ( Schumann, Robert)
Introduction & Allegro, Op. 47 ( Elgar, Sir Edward)
Jaya Overture ( Gellman, Steven)
Jeu de Cartes (A Card Game), ballet in "three deals" ( Stravinsky, Igor)
Jyotir ( Buhr, Glenn)
Kaleidoscope ( Mercure, Pierre)
Kamarinskaya ( Glinka, Mikhail)
Konzertstück in F major, Op.86 ( Schumann, Robert)
La Mer (The Sea) ( Debussy, Claude)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 ( Strauss, Richard)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 ( Strauss, Richard)
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 ( Berlioz, Hector)
Let Me Die Before I Wake ( Harman, Chris Paul)
Letter from Mozart ( Colgrass, Michael)
Lettre d'Étienne à Jacques ( Longtin, Michel)
Lonely Child ( Vivier, Claude)
Madama Butterfly ( Puccini, Giacomo)
Master Peter's Puppet Show ( Falla, Manuel de)
Metamorphosen ( Strauss, Richard)
Metamorphosen ( Strauss, Richard)
Molto Sostenuto ( Eckhardt-Gramatte, S.C.)
Music For Dancing ( Beckwith, John)
Music for the Royal Fireworks ( Handel, George Frideric)
News ( Pentland, Barbara)
Night on Bald Mountain ( Mussorgsky, Modest)
North Country ( Somers, Harry)
Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict" ( Berlioz, Hector)
Overture to "Cosi fan tutte" ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Overture to "La Cenerentola" ( Rossini, Gioachino)
Overture to a Fairy Tale ( Morawetz, Oskar)
Overture to Der Freischütz, Op. 77 ( Weber, Carl Maria von)
Overture to Il Signor Bruschino ( Rossini, Gioachino)
Overture, The Fair Melusina ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Piano Concerto ( Willan, Healey)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 ( Schumann, Robert)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 ( Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major ( Liszt, Franz)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K. 451 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op.83 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 ( Prokofiev, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C , K. 467 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Piano Concerto No. 3 ( Somers, Harry)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 ( Prokofiev, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 ( Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 ( Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Plages ( Garant, Serge)
Prelude - Incantation ( Archer, Violet)
Primus Tempus ( Gougeon, Denis)
Pulau Dewata ( Vivier, Claude)
Red Ear of Corn Suite ( Weinzweig, John)
Ressac ( Bouchard, Linda)
Revelation ( Chan, Ka Nin)
Rhapsody for 14 Strings ( Forsyth, Malcolm)
Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D. 438 ( Schubert, Franz)
Sagittarius: Concerto Grosso for brass quintet and orchestra ( Forsyth, Malcolm)
Scorpius ( Schafer, R. Murray)
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 ( Bruch, Max)
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 ( Bruch, Max)
Serenade for trumpet, English horn and strings ( Hayes, Gary)
Serenade for Winds in E-flat major, Op. 7 ( Strauss, Richard)
Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239, “Serenata notturna” ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Serenade No.7 in D major, K.248b [250], "Haffner" ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Shattered Night, Shivering Stars ( Louie, Alexina)
Siegfried Idyll ( Wagner, Richard)
Siegfried Idyll ( Wagner, Richard)
Simulacrum ( Anhalt, Istvan)
Sinfonia Concertante ( Koprowski, Peter Paul)
Sinfonia No. X in B minor ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Songs for an Acrobat ( Bouchard, Linda)
Songs for an acrobat ( Bouchard, Linda)
Spiral ( Aitken, Robert)
Spirit Trail ( Bell, Allan Gordon)
Stabat Mater, Op. 53, for soloists, choir and orchestra ( Szymanowski, Karol)
String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Suite hébraïque ( Glick, Srul Irving)
Suite Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) ( Ravel, Maurice)
Suite: Nobilissima Visione ( Hindemith, Paul)
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber ( Hindemith, Paul)
Symphonie Gaspésienne ( Champagne, Claude)
Symphonie Minute ( Evangelista, Jose)
Symphony "Mathis der Maler" ( Hindemith, Paul)
Symphony No. 3 ( Hétu, Jacques)
Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" ( Schumann, Robert)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical" ( Prokofiev, Sergei)
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 2 ( Pépin, Clermont)
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, D. 125 ( Schubert, Franz)
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang" ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 ( Schumann, Robert)
Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61 ( Schumann, Robert)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian" ( Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 ( Sibelius, Jean)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 ( Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 ( Rachmaninoff, Sergei)
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Symphony No. 3 ( Kulesha, Gary)
Symphony No. 3 ( Kulesha, Gary)
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 ( Schubert, Franz)
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 ( Schubert, Franz)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica” ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Symphony No. 4 in G major ( Mahler, Gustav)
Symphony No. 4 in G major ( Mahler, Gustav)
Symphony No. 49 in F minor "La Passione" ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: Adagietto ( Mahler, Gustav)
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 ( Sibelius, Jean)
Symphony No. 5, Op. 237 "Rideau Lake" ( Mannino, Franco)
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” ( Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, "Unfinished" ( Schubert, Franz)
Symphony No. 8 in G major "Evening" ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 ( Dvorák, Antonín)
Symphony No. 83 in G minor "The Hen" ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" ( Dvorák, Antonín)
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 ( Shostakovich, Dmitri)
Symphony No. 92 in G major, “Oxford” ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No. 99 in E-flat major ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Symphony No.1 in D major ( Mahler, Gustav)
The Boughs of Music ( Kulesha, Gary)
The Creation ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Overture ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
The Four Seasons - 1. Spring ( Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Four Seasons - 2. Summer ( Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Four Seasons - 3. Autumn ( Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Four Seasons - 4. Winter ( Vivaldi, Antonio)
The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal's Cave) ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
The Schubert Birds ( Colgrass, Michael)
The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Three Atmospheres ( Symonds, Norman)
Transfigured Night, Op. 4 ( Schoenberg, Arnold)
Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major ( Haydn, Franz Joseph)
Two Etudes for Strings ( Ridout, Godfrey)
Vanishing Points ( Rea, John)
Vertige ( Bouchard, Linda)
Viola Concerto in B minor ( Handel, George Frideric)
Viola Concerto in G major ( Telemann, Georg Philipp)
Viola Concerto, Op. posthumous ( Bartók, Béla)
Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths" ( Adès, Thomas)
Violin Concerto "Shir Hamaalot-Song of Ascension" ( Glick, Srul Irving)
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 ( Elgar, Sir Edward)
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 ( Elgar, Sir Edward)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 ( Brahms, Johannes)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 ( Mendelssohn, Felix)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor ( Prokofiev, Sergei)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "Turkish" ( Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37 ( Vieuxtemps, Henri)
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 ( Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Violin Concerto, Op. 30 ( Knussen, Oliver)
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" ( Beethoven, Ludwig van)
Wo Bist du Licht! ( Vivier, Claude)