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  • 4:42 AM

    Continents of City and Love

    Michael Byron

    FLUX Quartet

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    Joseph Kubera, piano

    Gregg August, double bass

    Kathleen Supove, synthesizer

    16:36
  • 4:15 AM

    Doctor Atomic Symphony

    John Adams

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    David Robertson, conductor

    24:15
  • 4:08 AM

    Doctor Atomic: Batter my heart

    John Adams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    Gerald Finley, baritone

    7:39
  • 4:01 AM

    After the Wars: A snowy morning/And smoke from the kitchen roof-/It is good.

    Peter Garland

    After the Wars

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:49
  • 3:50 AM

    Facades

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Glassmasters

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 3:45 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 3:40 AM

    Chrysalis

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    3:08
  • 3:17 AM

    American Landscapes

    Stanley Grill

    Stanley Grill: At the Center of All Things

    Diderot String Quartet

    22:45
  • 3:06 AM

    The Awakened Heart: Epiphany

    Richard Danielpour

    Richard Danielpour: Symphony No. 3

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Heartbreaker

    Missy Mazzoli

    Michael Mizrahi, piano

    4:38
  • 2:41 AM

    Music for Movies ("The City," "Our Town," "Of Mice and Men")

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    17:13
  • 2:19 AM

    Celtic Symphony

    Granville Bantock

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    19:55
  • 2:12 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    5:35
  • 2:06 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 2:01 AM

    Contredanse and Tarantelle

    Frederic Chopin

    Malcom Frager plays Chopin

    Malcolm Frager, piano

    4:35
  • 1:52 AM

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22 (original versions)

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:29
  • 1:21 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; The Seasons

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    29:28
  • 1:12 AM

    Kreisleriana No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    8:21
  • 1:06 AM

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 20 and 21

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:04
  • 1:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:35
  • 12:53 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:35
  • 12:27 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Lowell Liebermann

    London Mozart Players

    Lowell Liebermann, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    24:34
  • 12:19 AM

    String Quartet No. 12: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prism 1

    Danish String Quartet

    6:41
  • 12:06 AM

    The Prophet: Overture

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    11:01
  • 12:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:45 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    The Latin Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:01
  • 11:40 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    17:54
  • 11:37 PM

    Pest Waltzes

    Joseph Lanner

    The Waltz - Ecstasy and Mysticism

    Concerto Koln

    7:38
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony No. 102

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    24:25
  • 11:01 PM

    The Battle of Legnano: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    9:08
  • 10:57 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:22
  • 10:46 PM

    Fairy Tales (Feen-Marchen) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 17

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alfred Eschwe, conductor

    9:46
  • 10:42 PM

    Die Forelle (The Trout)

    Franz Schubert

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    3:07
  • 10:25 PM

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:56
  • 10:20 PM

    Harp Concerto: Joy Ride

    Jennifer Higdon

    American Rapture

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:25
  • 10:05 PM

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

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Musica Vitae

    Peter Csaba, conductor

    Manuela Wiesler, flute

    Ulf Soderberg, harpsichord

    9:17
  • 9:59 PM

    Csardas

    Vittorio Monti

    In a Monastery Garden

    London Festival Orchestra

    Josef Sakonov, violin

    4:36
  • 9:47 PM

    Voyage

    Michael Giacchino

    Voyage

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    10:04
  • 9:28 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    17:26
  • 9:22 PM

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:14 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:17
  • 9:04 PM

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    Guy Penson, pianoforte/harpsichord

    Jan Sciffer, cello

    7:17
  • 8:59 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    4:58
  • 8:47 PM

    In Spring Overture

    Karl Goldmark

    Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andras Korodi, conductor

    10:31
  • 8:28 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:45
  • 8:22 PM

    Je te veux (I want you)

    Erik Satie

    Humbert Lucarelli, oboe

    Susan Jolles, harp

    Frank Morelli, bassoon

    4:14
  • 8:04 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 8:00 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    3:53
  • 5:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 34

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas 29, 31, 34, 35, 49

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:30
  • 5:33 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:00
  • 5:25 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    5:46
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto Caboclo

    Paulo Bellinati

    Delaware Symphony Orchestra

    David Amado, conductor

    19:13
  • 5:01 PM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 4:39 PM

    Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)

    Darius Milhaud

    French National Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    19:33
  • 4:17 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:35
  • 4:09 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Romantic Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    French Chamber Music for Harp

    Markus Klinko, harp

    2:53
  • 4:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:46 PM

    Sonata No. 2

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    12:20
  • 3:12 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    31:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 3:01 PM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:49 PM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Moshe Atzmon, conductor

    Cristina Ortiz, piano

    9:00
  • 2:45 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Bolero

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Eduardo Mata, conductor

    13:09
  • 2:39 PM

    The Garden of Eden: The Serpent's Kiss

    William Bolcom

    Logan Skelton, piano

    5:58
  • 2:16 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos Etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    22:48
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:38
  • 2:01 PM

    Quintetto: Finale

    Jens Emborg

    Carion: Nielsen's Footsteps

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:54
  • 1:54 PM

    Overture

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Concertos For Violoncello and Orchestra, Overture, Octet, Sinfonia

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    5:04
  • 1:47 PM

    Symphony: Scherzo

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Symphony No. 1; Fireworks; Scherzo Fantastique

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    5:41
  • 1:42 PM

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Charles Gounod

    Chiller

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:36
  • 1:36 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Trio Concertante

    5:35
  • 1:23 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 17: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    11:57
  • 1:18 PM

    The Devil's Beauties

    Francois Dompierre

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:10
  • 1:08 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: 4th movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:04 PM

    The Secret of Susanna: Overture

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    3:06
  • 12:54 PM

    Symphony No. 98: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 93, 96, & 98

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    5:11
  • 12:47 PM

    El Capitan Waltzes

    John Philip Sousa

    United States Air Force Heritage Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    5:50
  • 12:35 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    David Oistrakh, violin

    10:22
  • 12:27 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    New Year's Concert 2013

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    7:06
  • 12:21 PM

    Harp Concerto: Lullaby

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:54
  • 12:10 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Milos: Aranjuez

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    4:49
  • 12:04 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:53 AM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Symphony No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches Nos. 1 & 4

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    5:19
  • 11:47 AM

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:55
  • 11:41 AM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    4:02
  • 11:31 AM

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue

    Jaromir Weinberger

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    8:27
  • 11:26 AM

    Pied Piper

    Walter Mourant

    Musical Fun and Games

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    George MacDonald, clarinet

    4:38
  • 11:22 AM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    3:38
  • 11:16 AM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: A la Valse

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    4:55
  • 11:07 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Adolf Lindblad

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:04 AM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 10:47 AM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 10:44 AM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    Lucero Tena, castanets

    3:05
  • 10:29 AM

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

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 18: Piano Variations, Rondos Etc.

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    13:10
  • 10:21 AM

    Symphonic Scherzo

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Ippolitov-Ivanov: Orchestral Works

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Johanos, conductor

    7:14
  • 10:19 AM

    Canarios

    Gaspar Sanz

    Julian Bream, guitar

    1:21
  • 10:16 AM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Pachelbel Canon and Other Favorites

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    3:05
  • 10:11 AM

    An Irish Symphony: The Fair Day

    Hamilton Harty

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:07
  • 10:06 AM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Paper Music

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    4:24
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quintet No. 1: Finale

    Luigi Boccherini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    4:46
  • 9:40 AM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:35
  • 9:23 AM

    French Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 6 French Suites/Italian Concerto

    Andras Schiff, piano

    14:43
  • 9:06 AM

    Irish Rhapsody

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    15:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:32
  • 8:50 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    JF Fasch: Quartets and Concertos

    Ensemble Marsyas

    Pamela Thorby, recorder

    8:06
  • 8:44 AM

    Suite No. 1: Nocturne

    Jules Massenet

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor

    5:41
  • 8:10 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:30
  • 8:06 AM

    Go To Sleep My Baby

    Traditional

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:05
  • 8:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:44 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Philip Glass

    Circles: Piano Concertos by Bach and Glass

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:54
  • 7:24 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Works by Stravinsky and Hovhaness

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    19:24
  • 7:12 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    11:08
  • 7:06 AM

    Out of This World

    Ludovico Einaudi

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:58
  • 7:01 AM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    30:43
  • 6:23 AM

    The Lake at Evening

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes: Orchestral Music

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs

    Manuel de Falla

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    15:03
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite of Dances No. 6

    Johann Ernst Rieck

    Stradivaria

    4:45
  • 5:41 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 12

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    17:33
  • 5:33 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 5:06 AM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Giuseppe Ciabocchi, bassoon

    25:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
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