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  • 4:45 AM

    Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

    Hilary Tann

    Meininger Trio

    13:34
  • 4:36 AM

    In a Landscape

    John Cage

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    7:25
  • 4:10 AM

    Mythic Gardens

    Howard Shore

    21st Century Chamber Orchestra

    Ludwig Wicki, conductor

    Sophie Shao, cello

    23:35
  • 4:06 AM

    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)

    Claude Debussy

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:30
  • 4:01 AM

    The Walled Garden

    John Zorn

    In Lambeth: Visions from the Walled Garden of William Blake

    Bill Frisell, guitar

    4:33
  • 3:35 AM

    Lonely Voices

    Stanley Grill

    Diderot String Quartet

    23:11
  • 3:31 AM

    Cantique

    Nadia Boulanger

    Mademoiselle: Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger

    Alek Shrader, tenor

    2:00
  • 3:16 AM

    Cosmos Trio

    14:06
  • 3:06 AM

    String Circle: Ballad

    Kenji Bunch

    Boiling Point: Music Of Kenji Bunch

    ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

    7:30
  • 3:01 AM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39
  • 2:45 AM

    Fantasia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 3 Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    13:07
  • 2:20 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 2:14 AM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Edvard Grieg

    At Twilight: Choral Music by Grainger and Grieg

    Polyphony

    3:40
  • 2:06 AM

    The Maids at the Headlands

    Vaino Raitio

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Pertti Pekkanen, conductor

    7:24
  • 2:01 AM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 1:41 AM

    Arafura Dances

    Ross Edwards

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    17:06
  • 1:19 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    20:13
  • 1:15 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    This Love

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:38
  • 1:06 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    7:13
  • 1:01 AM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:30
  • 12:48 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: 6 Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    10:36
  • 12:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 12:06 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances; Janacek: Mladi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:14
  • 12:01 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Andrea Luchesi

    Roberto Plano, piano

    4:31
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    34:40
  • 11:15 PM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:49
  • 11:08 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:30
  • 11:00 PM

    Suite of Eight Dances: selections

    Carlos Salzedo

    Carlos Salzedo: Works for Solo Harp

    Alice Giles, harp

    6:41
  • 10:47 PM

    Tema con Variazioni (Theme with Variations)

    Miklos Rozsa

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    12:13
  • 10:30 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    15:40
  • 10:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Sonata No. 1

    Norman Krieger, piano

    7:19
  • 10:04 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander

    Berlin State Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:14
  • 10:00 PM

    Paul O'Dette, guitar

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    Pedro Estevan, percussion

    Pat O'Brien, guitar

    Steve Player, guitar

    2:30
  • 9:33 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Elgar Violin Concerto

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    25:08
  • 9:26 PM

    Too Hot Toccata

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    5:54
  • 9:16 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 7

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    8:16
  • 9:11 PM

    Intermezzo No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    1:47
  • 8:59 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka, Moussorgsky

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:54
  • 8:56 PM

    The Curious Impertinent: Trumpet Air

    Henry Purcell

    Music For Brass Septet 2

    Septura

    1:35
  • 8:43 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 8:35 PM

    String Quartet No. 5: 4th movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:56
  • 8:07 PM

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    26:08
  • 7:59 PM

    Musical Moment No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    David Fray, piano

    6:46
  • 5:34 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concertos

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    24:30
  • 5:30 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

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

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    2:16
  • 5:28 PM

    Wand of Youth: Moths and Butterflies

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:58
  • 5:25 PM

    Wand of Youth: March

    Edward Elgar

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

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:39
  • 5:06 PM

    Sonata No. 10

    Niccolo Paganini

    Moshe Hammer, violin

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    14:30
  • 4:56 PM

    Spring (Vesna)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:19
  • 4:51 PM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:15
  • 4:13 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: The Four Symphonies

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    36:23
  • 4:03 PM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 3:57 PM

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:54 PM

    Billy the Kid: Celebration

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Old American Songs, Eight Poems Of Emily Dickinson Etc.

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    2:14
  • 3:39 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    13:46
  • 3:26 PM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2014

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Wilfrid Scharf, zither

    11:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 30

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:45
  • 3:00 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 2:48 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    10:52
  • 2:36 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary Suite

    Jeremiah Clarke

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    10:24
  • 2:32 PM

    Wind Quintet: 3rd movement

    August Klughardt

    Hexagon Ensemble

    3:28
  • 2:15 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:47
  • 2:07 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:15
  • 2:01 PM

    English Suite No. 1: Bourees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1, 3, And 5

    Piotr Anderszewski, piano

    4:20
  • 1:54 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, etc.

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    4:50
  • 1:47 PM

    The Apothecary: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:33 PM

    Divertimento No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KN 113, 137 & 251

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    12:55
  • 1:23 PM

    Pirates of Penzance Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:07
  • 1:19 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Butch Thompson, piano

    2:57
  • 1:08 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    Fabio Biondi, violin

    7:16
  • 1:04 PM

    Saul: Bell Symphony and Chorus

    George Frederic Handel

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Monteverdi Choir

    :00
  • 12:58 PM

    Water Music: Air

    George Frederic Handel

    Cambridge Buskers

    :00
  • 12:48 PM

    Consecration of the House: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    10:28
  • 12:46 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Alexander Scriabin

    Septura

    1:11
  • 12:40 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Largo al factotum

    Gioacchino Rossini

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra della Toscana

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    4:23
  • 12:34 PM

    The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Paisiello

    Paisiello: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Carella, Siragusa, Etc

    Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

    Giuliano Carella, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:31 PM

    Four Dances: Gigue

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    1:59
  • 12:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Sonata No. 1

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Philip Ryan Mann, conductor

    Norman Krieger, piano

    9:10
  • 12:10 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    4:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Legend No. 4

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:29
  • 11:50 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Concertos; J.S. Bach-Vivaldi: Two Concertos

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    Julia Zilberquit, piano

    8:11
  • 11:45 AM

    Hungarian Dances No. 3 and 10

    Johnannes Brahms

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, piano

    :00
  • 11:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    9:33
  • 11:28 AM

    String Quartet No. 6: 1st movement

    Luigi Boccherini

    Italian Journey

    Cremona Quartet

    5:03
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 11:15 AM

    Three French Chansons

    Scott Tennant

    New Renaissance

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:33
  • 11:10 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    3:14
  • 11:04 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:11
  • 10:45 AM

    Tafelmusik II: Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    13:37
  • 10:44 AM

    Prelude No. 15

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Sarah Chang, violin

    :51
  • 10:33 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": 1st movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies 1 & 5

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:23 AM

    Schatz Waltz (Treasure Waltz)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    8:48
  • 10:21 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol. 10: Etudes

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    1:41
  • 10:12 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    I Musici

    7:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 101 & 102

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:24
  • 10:01 AM

    Octet: 2nd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:36
  • 9:42 AM

    Equinox: Morning

    Henning Kraggerud

    Equinox

    Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

    Henning Kraggerud, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    15:56
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Adalbert Gyrowetz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    17:36
  • 9:09 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): In Rome's Ruins

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Don Juan

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:29
  • 9:06 AM

    Men of Harlech

    John Thomas

    John Thomas: Harp Music

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    3:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Mountain Songs: A Cycle of American Folk Music

    Paula Robison, flute

    4:34
  • 8:27 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Musique du Chambre 2

    Quatuor Parrenin

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    31:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Brazilian Impressions

    Ottorino Respighi

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 7:37 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Frank Bridge

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    20:57
  • 7:13 AM

    Two-Part Inventions

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:29
  • 7:06 AM

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Imant Raminsh

    Into Light

    Musica Intima

    6:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Sinfonietta: Arioso

    Alexander Arutiunian

    Arutiunian: Violin Concerto, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:27
  • 6:40 AM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1, Merry Mount Suites

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    17:49
  • 6:29 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (After Corelli, Op. 5)

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Double Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    Francois-Rene Duchable, piano

    21:50
  • 6:01 AM

    Sarabande with variations

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Susato, Moritz von Hessen, Bach, Franke, Sammartini, Mendelssohn, Ewald

    Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, conductor

    4:35
  • 5:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 18

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartetto Italiano

    33:50
  • 5:14 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    FINZI: Clarinet Concerto / Five Bagatelles / Three Soliloquies / Romance

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    8:12
  • 5:06 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 5:01 AM

    Song of the Minstrel (Chant du menestrel)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    Mischa Maisky, cello

    4:29
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