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  • 5:27 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    31:46
  • 5:18 AM

    The night is darkening round me

    Tonu Korvits

    Kreek's Notebook

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    6:17
  • 5:06 AM

    Sonata rapsodica: By the Lake (Lithuanian Idyll)

    Kazimieras Banaitis

    The Sound of Lithuania

    David Geringas, cello

    10:44
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Mikalojus Ciurlionis

    Ciurlionis: Piano Music, Vol. 2

    Muza Rubackyte, piano

    4:31
  • 4:51 AM

    Long Road

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Passion And Resurrection

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:39
  • 4:35 AM

    Tabula Rasa

    Arvo Part

    Part: Sanctuary

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    Tasmin Little, violin

    16:15
  • 4:25 AM

    Dedication

    Erkki-Sven Tuur

    Oxymoron

    Leho Karin, cello

    6:59
  • 4:20 AM

    Must You die like that, my dearest Life?

    Traditional Estonian

    Songs Of Olden Times

    Heinavanker

    Margo Kolar, conductor

    4:30
  • 4:07 AM

    Overture No. 2

    Veljo Tormis

    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:12
  • 4:01 AM

    Midsummer Song

    Arturs Maskats

    Dawn is Breaking

    Kamer Choir

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    Rihards Zalupe, percussion

    4:27
  • 3:48 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    9:29
  • 3:18 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Robert Schumann

    Mozart: Piano Quartets

    Cleveland Quartet

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    29:16
  • 3:12 AM

    Ae Romeser

    Traditional Danish

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    4:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kids Classics | Lullabies

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:47
  • 2:48 AM

    The Oceanides

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    10:04
  • 2:43 AM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:17 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    24:58
  • 2:11 AM

    Song of the Seashore (Hamabe No Uta)

    Tamezo Narita

    Japanese Folk Melodies

    Ensemble Lunaire

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    3:33
  • 2:06 AM

    Los delfines (The Dolphins)

    Diego Pisador

    Mediterraneo

    Raquel Andueza, soprano

    4:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Concerto for Strings "Conch Shell"

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings

    I Musici

    4:35
  • 1:49 AM

    Dumka-Shumka

    Mykola Lysenko

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    8:50
  • 1:14 AM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    33:30
  • 1:09 AM

    Beloved (Wa Habibi)

    Traditional

    Kronos Quartet

    3:11
  • 1:06 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Toccata

    Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    4:37
  • 12:47 AM

    Diversions Overture

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:07
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 99

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    27:28
  • 12:05 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": Scherzo

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    7:37
  • 11:59 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:46
  • 11:44 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev, Debussy, Milhaud

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Alberto Zedda, conductor

    14:21
  • 11:40 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:30 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

    English Sinfonia

    Charles Groves, conductor

    8:14
  • 11:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 2nd movement

    Max Bruch

    Elgar Violin Concerto

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    8:57
  • 11:08 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 9

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Musici

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    6:15
  • 11:00 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    6:25
  • 10:53 PM

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Del Sol String Quartet

    5:16
  • 10:32 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphony No 3, Etc

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    20:09
  • 10:25 PM

    Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet)

    Georges Bizet

    Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    Ildar Abdrazakov, bass

    6:02
  • 10:16 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: Symphony in D Major after "Haffner Serenade" KV 250 etc.

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    7:28
  • 10:09 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:59 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    8:37
  • 9:52 PM

    Phoenix and Again

    Dan Locklair

    Locklair: Symphony Of Seasons

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    5:51
  • 9:38 PM

    Masques and Bergamasques

    Gabriel Faure

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

    12:57
  • 9:32 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Inventionen/Sinfonien/Franzosische Suite V

    Till Fellner, piano

    5:12
  • 9:08 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds"

    Gustav Holst

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:07
  • 9:00 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:51
  • 6:54 PM

    Preludes, Book 2: Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)

    Claude Debussy

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    4:27
  • 6:37 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:31
  • 6:32 PM

    Fireworks (Feux d'artifice)

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird, Four Etudes, Fireworks

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    3:49
  • 6:29 PM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    2:56
  • 6:06 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    22:48
  • 5:58 PM

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Famous Spanish Guitar Music

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    6:13
  • 5:42 PM

    Comedy Overture

    Hamilton Harty

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    14:12
  • 5:22 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 5:18 PM

    Music for Brass Instruments: Intermezzo

    Ingolf Dahl

    The Music of Ingolf Dahl

    New World Brass

    3:09
  • 5:03 PM

    Introduction and Allegro appassionato

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op. 54, Concert Pieces

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:11
  • 4:59 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    The Water Is Wide

    Mark Small, guitar

    2:41
  • 4:46 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 4:39 PM

    Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine)

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure Requiem

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Tom Etheridge, organ

    5:36
  • 4:08 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    Joshua Smith, flute

    Lisa Wellbaum, harp

    29:15
  • 4:01 PM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Watercolor

    Shen Lu, piano

    6:04
  • 3:47 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Twelve String Symphonies

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    12:26
  • 3:43 PM

    Aria

    George Frideric Handel

    Royal Brass: Music from the Renaissance & Baroque

    Empire Brass

    3:54
  • 3:35 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Celia Nicklin, oboe

    Barry Davis, oboe

    6:44
  • 3:10 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    24:26
  • 3:02 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:45
  • 2:50 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:18
  • 2:46 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    Traditional

    What a Mighty God

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:26
  • 2:42 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Boris Berezovsky, piano

    2:22
  • 2:31 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    9:43
  • 2:21 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    8:36
  • 2:18 PM

    Une Amourette: March

    Svend Schulz

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    2:34
  • 2:10 PM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cypress String Quartet

    4:41
  • 2:04 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:20
  • 1:56 PM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": Finale

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:58
  • 1:40 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    The Grainger Edition, Vol.5 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:06
  • 1:35 PM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet | Sviatoslav Richter & Borodin Quartet

    Borodin Quartet

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    4:27
  • 1:30 PM

    Il mondo della luna (Life on the Moon): Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    3:46
  • 1:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Elgar Violin Concerto

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    7:43
  • 1:10 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Nutcracker, Swan Lake

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Suite No. 1 "The Fable of the Tortoise and the Hare": They're Off

    Don Gillis

    Five Piece Combo: The Complete Suites for Wind Quintet by Don Gillis

    Madera Wind Quintet

    4:20
  • 12:52 PM

    Artaxerxes: Overture

    Thomas Arne

    Syrens, Enchanters and Fairies

    Capella Savaria

    Mary Terey-Smith, conductor

    5:56
  • 12:46 PM

    Rule, Brittania

    Thomas Arne

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    Edward Barham, tenor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    Leeds Festival Chorus

    :00
  • 12:37 PM

    Britannia (A Nautical Overture)

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:33 PM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:42
  • 12:26 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:29
  • 12:18 PM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 12:16 PM

    Tambourin

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

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

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    1:19
  • 12:08 PM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    6:18
  • 12:04 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Essential Bach

    Marisa Robles, harp

    3:13
  • 11:47 AM

    Habanera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:59
  • 11:32 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Early Symphonies, Vol. 1

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    13:37
  • 11:26 AM

    Colas Breugnon Overture

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    4:48
  • 11:12 AM

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hertel

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Wolfgang Bauer, conductor

    Wolfgang Bauer, trumpet

    12:04
  • 11:06 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Four Seasons in Belleville": Spring

    Rick Sowash

    Mirecourt Trio

    4:40
  • 10:48 AM

    String Quartet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Cremona Quartet

    10:41
  • 10:41 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    5:25
  • 10:28 AM

    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg, Svendsen: Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    11:40
  • 10:21 AM

    Herodiade: Il est doux, il est bon

    Jules Massenet

    Paris, Mon Amour

    Valencia Orchestra

    Frederic Chaslin, conductor

    Sonya Yoncheva, soprano

    5:31
  • 10:15 AM

    Brando

    Cesare Negri

    Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    5:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Linde Consort

    Hans-Martin Linde, conductor

    8:25
  • 10:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 9:44 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Anton Reicha

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    14:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    36:09
  • 9:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 9: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Trios

    Beaux Arts Trio

    4:42
  • 8:42 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    16:34
  • 8:30 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Tim Morrison, trumpet

    10:30
  • 8:06 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:37
  • 8:01 AM

    Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess

    Philip Glass

    Paul Barnes, piano

    4:36
  • 7:46 AM

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    12:02
  • 7:23 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Klami: Karelian Rhapsody, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Janine Jansen, violin

    Jan Jansen, harpsichord

    14:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:31 AM

    Love's Labours Lost Suite

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    27:02
  • 6:18 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 50

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Andrew Rangell, piano

    12:49
  • 6:06 AM

    Lake of the Woods

    Robert Farnon

    Farnon: Capt. Horation Hornblower

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    9:54
  • 6:01 AM

    Quintet No. 2: 1st movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Chamber Music

    Mobius

    4:39
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