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  • 4:35 AM

    Liquid Interface

    Mason Bates

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Mason Bates, electronica

    23:31
  • 4:32 AM

    Landfall: Everything is Floating

    Laurie Anderson

    Landfall

    Kronos Quartet

    Laurie Anderson, violin, vocals, keyboards, samples, percussion, filters

    1:59
  • 4:30 AM

    Landfall: Our Street is a Black River; Galaxies

    Laurie Anderson

    Kronos Quartet

    Laurie Anderson, violin, vocals, keyboards, samples, percussion, filters

    2:27
  • 4:22 AM

    Seascapes: No. 7

    Kevin Puts

    Marya Martin, flute

    Stewart Rose, horn

    Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin

    Choong-Jin Chang, viola

    Nicholas Canellakis, cello

    Jeffrey Beecher, double bass

    5:50
  • 4:07 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Ocean's Kingdom

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    13:57
  • 4:01 AM

    Au gre des ondes: Prelude en Berceuse; Claquettes

    Henri Dutilleux

    Henri Dutilleux: D'ombre et de silence

    Robert Levin, piano

    4:45
  • 3:45 AM

    St. Carolyn by the Sea

    Bryce Dessner

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    Bryce Dessner, guitar

    Aaron Dessner, guitar

    13:05
  • 3:40 AM

    Turn to the Sea

    William Kanengiser

    Spin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:40
  • 3:18 AM

    Reflections on the Mississippi

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    20:45
  • 3:10 AM

    Red Clay and Mississippi Delta

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    5:19
  • 3:06 AM

    To be sung on the water

    Samuel Barber

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:49
  • 3:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:49 AM

    Philarte Quartet

    9:16
  • 2:21 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    26:38
  • 2:15 AM

    My Vistula, Grey Vistula

    Henryk Gorecki

    Lira Chamber Chorus

    Lucy Ding, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:06 AM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Susan Milan, flute

    8:03
  • 2:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:49 AM

    Elegiac Trio

    Arnold Bax

    Debussy, Ravel, Bax

    Megan Meisenbach, flute

    9:13
  • 1:11 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    36:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Naja's Waltz

    Fredrik Sjolin

    Last Leaf

    Danish String Quartet

    3:16
  • 1:01 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:31
  • 12:50 AM

    Sinfonia spirituosa

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:19 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Liebesliederwalzer, Serenade No. 2, Op. 16

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    29:40
  • 12:12 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo

    Voces8

    Ben Hancox, violin

    4:37
  • 12:06 AM

    The Little Match Girl: Prelude

    August Enna

    ENNA: Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne; ZEMLINSKY: Die Seejungfrau

    Danish National Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 11:49 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    9:13
  • 11:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:15
  • 11:21 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:34
  • 11:12 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Respighi: Antiche Danze ed Arie per Liuto, Suite III, etc.

    I Solisti Veneti

    7:06
  • 11:04 PM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:58 PM

    Out of This World

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:58
  • 10:48 PM

    Overture on Three Russian Themes

    Mily Balakirev

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:01
  • 10:33 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Classical Symphony and Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:42
  • 10:30 PM

    Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

    1:38
  • 10:20 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Asteria

    Seraph Brass

    9:47
  • 10:08 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 11

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin/viola

    6:29
  • 10:00 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bernstein Favorites: Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:31
  • 9:48 PM

    Oberon Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    German Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    10:09
  • 9:46 PM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:18
  • 9:26 PM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    20:24
  • 9:16 PM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 9:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Misha Dichter, piano

    Cipa Dichter, piano

    12:09
  • 8:45 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    George Frideric Handel

    GF Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 2-7 and 10

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    14:43
  • 8:41 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    2:33
  • 8:34 PM

    Three songs of Charles d'Orleans

    Claude Debussy

    European Souvenir

    Bemidji Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    6:15
  • 8:03 PM

    Symphony No. 104 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    29:43
  • 8:00 PM

    Mazurka No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Scherzos and Mazurkas

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    2:28
  • 5:44 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:45
  • 5:39 PM

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    2018 New Year's Concerto

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    3:11
  • 5:28 PM

    Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Variations For Piano

    Emil Gilels, piano

    10:39
  • 5:06 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    19:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    4:21
  • 4:49 PM

    Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan Folk Songs)

    Hu-Wei Huang

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    9:32
  • 4:27 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mantova Chamber Orchestra

    Carlo Fabiano, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    19:53
  • 4:13 PM

    Ebb and Flow

    Tony Banks

    Five

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    12:48
  • 4:06 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:35
  • 4:01 PM

    Trio No. 3: Minuet

    Johann Hummel

    Divertimenti of the Viennese Classical Period

    Vienna String Trio

    4:23
  • 3:50 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Tortelier's French Bonbons

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:19
  • 3:35 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 7th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    RUBINSTEIN, A.: Symphony No. 2, "Ocean"

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    13:24
  • 3:29 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Ocean": 6th movement

    Anton Rubinstein

    RUBINSTEIN, A.: Symphony No. 2, "Ocean"

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    6:04
  • 3:20 PM

    A Barque Upon the Ocean

    Maurice Ravel

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    7:48
  • 3:06 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Corona Guitar Quartet

    12:29
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony

    Francesco Uttini

    The Gustavian Symphony

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:35
  • 2:46 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:17
  • 2:35 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas Opp. 53, 54, 57

    Richard Goode, piano

    9:34
  • 2:31 PM

    Don Cesar de Bazan: Sevillana

    Jules Massenet

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Sumi Jo, soprano

    2:59
  • 2:09 PM

    Symphony No. 30

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    20:03
  • 2:03 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Gabriel Faure

    Mad About Love

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:57 PM

    Koanga: La Calinda

    Frederick Delius

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:31
  • 1:54 PM

    Romeo et Juliette: Ah! je veux vivre

    Charles Gounod

    Catherine Malfitano, soprano

    3:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Polonaise

    Johann Muthel

    Musica Alta Ripa

    3:08
  • 1:32 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    14:25
  • 1:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, Joyce Yang

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Lazarev, conductor

    Joyce Yang, piano

    7:26
  • 1:19 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenade, Bagatelles, Czech Suite

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    3:04
  • 1:08 PM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven" Symphonis Nos 4 and 8

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:39
  • 1:04 PM

    Intermezzo

    Anton Arensky

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:49 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 12:44 PM

    Waltz No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Waltzes, Mazurkas, Barcarolle

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:16
  • 12:39 PM

    Carmen: Bullfighter's Chorus

    Georges Bizet

    Opera Choruses

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    3:52
  • 12:31 PM

    Scherzando No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    5:04
  • 12:21 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Asteria

    Seraph Brass

    2:12
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    5:55
  • 12:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 11:54 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Les Concerts du Monde

    Keith Clark, conductor

    3:33
  • 11:44 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    8:49
  • 11:42 AM

    An English Suite: Pastoral

    Hubert Parry

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

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:33 AM

    Swan Lake: Pas de trois

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:30 AM

    Petite Suite: En Bateau (Boating)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: 6 epigraphes antiques, etc., Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye, etc

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    3:16
  • 11:19 AM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    8:50
  • 11:16 AM

    Liu Yang River

    Bi-Guang Tang

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:42
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:04 AM

    Wind Quintet: Minuet

    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

    2:41
  • 10:44 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Thomas Arne

    Arne: Four Symphonies / Adrian Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:32 AM

    Highland Memories

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:57
  • 10:27 AM

    Idomeneo: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:24 AM

    Light-Hearted (Leichtes Blut) Polka

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:27
  • 10:17 AM

    Villanelle

    Paul Dukas

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    6:03
  • 10:08 AM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    8:18
  • 10:06 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Esther Budiardjo, piano

    1:52
  • 10:01 AM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 9:49 AM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

    8:54
  • 9:38 AM

    Festival Overture

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Festival Overture

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Niklas Willen, conductor

    9:39
  • 9:31 AM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Klauspeter Seibel, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    6:07
  • 9:26 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:06 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    18:23
  • 9:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:30
  • 8:45 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    12:47
  • 8:30 AM

    In a Summer Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    15:10
  • 8:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 61 "Fifths"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Leipzig String Quartet

    21:45
  • 8:01 AM

    Miami Grands: Key Biscayne, Dawn

    Michael Torke

    Miami Grands

    Miami Piano Circle

    Georgi Danchev, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:45 AM

    Concerto Grosso

    Giovanni Sammartini

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    Cecili Bernardini, violin

    Gail Hennessy, oboe

    Mark Radcliffe, oboe

    13:06
  • 7:40 AM

    Rumores de la Caleta (Murmurs from the Bay)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Piano Music for Guitar

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:15
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    32:41
  • 7:01 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Closing Scene

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:33
  • 6:31 AM

    String Quartet No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The "Haydn" Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    27:21
  • 6:28 AM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Tic Toc Choc

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    2:27
  • 6:07 AM

    Caucasian Sketches

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Russian Sketches

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    20:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 5:49 AM

    Variations on Mozart's "Bei Mannern"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:59
  • 5:40 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 5:06 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop"

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    32:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:39
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