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  • 4:48 AM

    Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

    Terry Riley

    Kronos Quartet

    10:20
  • 4:24 AM

    Stimmen des letzten Siegels (Voices of the Last Seal)

    Robert Moran

    Moran: Open Veins

    Ensemble Chrismos

    Alexander Hermann, conductor

    22:51
  • 4:19 AM

    Vocalise-Etude

    Olivier Messiaen

    Seunghee Lee, clarinet

    Katrine Gislinge, piano

    3:39
  • 4:12 AM

    Invitation to the Voyage

    Julia Kent

    Julia Kent, cello

    5:30
  • 4:06 AM

    I Exist Because of You Two

    Henrik Schwarz

    Instruments

    Tokio Secret Orchestra

    Emi Akiyama, conductor

    5:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 3:48 AM

    Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun

    Philip Glass

    The King's Violins

    Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor

    9:55
  • 3:35 AM

    Music after a While

    Michael Nyman

    Fretwork

    11:50
  • 3:28 AM

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 3:07 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Peter Gregson

    Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach: The Cello Suites

    Peter Gregson, cello

    18:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Refraction: Kyrie for Machaut and Part

    David Biedenbender

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:28
  • 2:31 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    27:38
  • 2:23 AM

    Fantasie

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Fantasien

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 2:12 AM

    Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    9:08
  • 2:07 AM

    She Walks in Beauty

    Toby Hession

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:49
  • 2:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 1:48 AM

    Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"

    Franz Danzi

    New Era

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet

    10:03
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:32
  • 1:08 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    12:41
  • 1:06 AM

    Violets

    Julio Sagreras

    Tanguero: Music from South America

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    2:09
  • 1:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:52 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:31 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"

    Louis Spohr

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    19:46
  • 12:15 AM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    14:37
  • 12:06 AM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Siciliano

    Harry Dexter

    RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:49 PM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Viennese Summerfest!

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:48
  • 11:46 PM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    12:32
  • 11:40 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    8:09
  • 11:18 PM

    The Birds of Aristophanes

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Works for Chorus and Orchestra

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:05
  • 11:12 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    G. Rossini: Early Sinfonias

    Haydn Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:01 PM

    Concerto No. 10 "Pastorale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:54
  • 10:45 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:18
  • 10:38 PM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 10:28 PM

    Flute Concertino

    Cecile Chaminade

    French Flute Concertos

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Philippe Auguin, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    8:32
  • 10:22 PM

    The Sun Never Says

    Dan Forrest

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    4:47
  • 10:09 PM

    Carnival of Venice

    Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Maurice Andre: La Belle Epoque

    Paris National Guard Orchestra

    Claude Pichaureau, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:01
  • 10:03 PM

    Two Bagatelles

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    4:56
  • 9:47 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 34-47

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:52
  • 9:27 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    18:25
  • 9:18 PM

    Viejo Zortzico

    Jesus Guridi

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:20
  • 9:04 PM

    The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite

    Mademoiselle Duval

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:42
  • 9:01 PM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    1:53
  • 8:51 PM

    Years of Pilgrimage: The Fountains at the Villa d'Este

    Franz Liszt

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:38
  • 8:44 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" and Other Works

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    7:13
  • 8:39 PM

    By and By

    Traditional

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:11
  • 8:18 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    Walton: The Quest; The Wise Virgins

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    19:41
  • 8:06 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony in C Major

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    10:00
  • 8:00 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 5:47 PM

    Symphony

    Frederick the Great

    Frederick the Great: Flotenkonzerte & Sinfonien

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

    11:03
  • 5:35 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Orchestral Favorites - Hungarian Fantasy

    Szeged Symphony Orchestra

    Tamas Pal, conductor

    10:42
  • 5:16 PM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Michael Laird, trumpet

    Iaan Wilson, trumpet

    8:42
  • 5:01 PM

    Village Dance

    Claude Champagne

    Dancing For 100 Years

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    4:48
  • 4:40 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 4:26 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Petite Suite, etc

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    12:51
  • 4:18 PM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 4:13 PM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Bach Inspirations

    Elsa Dreisig, soprano

    2:52
  • 4:06 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirai-je, maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Complete Solo Piano Works

    Walter Gieseking, piano

    6:13
  • 4:01 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:48 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chasson: Poeme; Massanet: Meditation de Thais

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    9:47
  • 3:18 PM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: From the Middle Ages; Scenes de Ballet

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    28:16
  • 3:12 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:06 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Aleck Karis Plays Francis Poulenc: Music For Piano (1918-1959)

    Aleck Karis, piano

    5:38
  • 3:01 PM

    The Tempest: Banquet Dance

    Arthur Sullivan

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:43 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 2:43 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 2:35 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: 7 Polonaises

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    7:11
  • 2:21 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Concerto No. 2

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    11:49
  • 2:09 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:33
  • 2:02 PM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:55 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    5:06
  • 1:50 PM

    Sonata pian e forte

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:23
  • 1:43 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    Masterpieces in Miniature

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:34 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": 5th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Haffner Serenade

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:30 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:24 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Danse slave

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:24 PM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 1:17 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Martha Argerich, piano

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    6:03
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:04 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:10
  • 12:52 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:47
  • 12:45 PM

    African Suite

    Andrew York/William Kanengiser

    L.A.G.Q.

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:16
  • 12:37 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:30 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:26 PM

    String Sextet No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Cho-Liang Lin, violin

    Jaime Laredo, viola

    Michael Tree, viola

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    2:59
  • 12:26 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:14
  • 12:22 PM

    The Rains of Castamere

    Ramin Djawadi

    Enchanted Isle

    Voces8

    3:04
  • 12:08 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    7:33
  • 12:04 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    2:20
  • 11:52 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:45 AM

    Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim

    George Frideric Handel

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    Richard Kelley, trumpet

    Jon Nelson, trumpet

    5:23
  • 11:42 AM

    Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

    Alexander Borodin

    Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    2:11
  • 11:32 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    9:04
  • 11:29 AM

    Daphne

    John Playford

    Galante Kurzweyl: Dances from Renaissance, Baroqu and Rococo

    Ensemble Buon Tempo

    1:51
  • 11:21 AM

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:15 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:07 AM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

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

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    2:33
  • 10:50 AM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:53
  • 10:46 AM

    Dance Suite after Couperin: Carillon

    Richard Strauss

    Kempe Conducts Richard Strauss - 3

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:39 AM

    An English Suite: Pastoral and In Minuet Style

    Hubert Parry

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:35 AM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Romance Of The Violin

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:42
  • 10:27 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:05
  • 10:24 AM

    Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees

    Bernard Andres

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:27
  • 10:16 AM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:22
  • 10:10 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:26
  • 10:06 AM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits: The Piano, Vol. 1

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Two German Dances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: German Dances

    Capella Istropolitana

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:42 AM

    Philomena: Suite

    Alexandre Desplat

    Philomena: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    16:06
  • 9:13 AM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    27:25
  • 9:09 AM

    Plum Blossoms in the Snow

    Huang Zi

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:08
  • 9:06 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Wind Chamber Music

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    4:45
  • 8:46 AM

    Sonata No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    12:20
  • 8:35 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Keyboard Suites I

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    9:56
  • 8:14 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Jacques Ibert

    Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    19:47
  • 8:06 AM

    Tralala

    Christina Courtin

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 8:01 AM

    Bibo No Aozora (Beauty of a Blue Sky)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Blanc

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 7:43 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Hans Gal

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    15:11
  • 7:40 AM

    Wild Mountain Thyme

    Traditional Scottish

    Perpetual Twilight

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    3:12
  • 7:23 AM

    French Suite No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    14:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    16:34
  • 7:01 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:46
  • 6:53 AM

    Melodie for Violin and Orchestra

    Gustavo E. Campa

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Daniel Andai, violin

    5:26
  • 6:45 AM

    Company

    Philip Glass

    Kronos Quartet: Sculthorpe/Sallinen/Glass/Nancarrow/Hendrix

    Kronos Quartet

    7:54
  • 6:07 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    36:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Etudes: Adagio

    Knudage Riisager

    Riisager: Violin Concerto & Etudes

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Delfs, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:12 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky/Dvorak/Honeck/PSO

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    46:31
  • 5:06 AM

    Susana un jour

    Hernando de Cabezon

    Fretwork

    3:30
  • 5:01 AM

    A Lady in Her Tower

    Gabriel Faure

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:38
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