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  • 4:26 AM

    Americana Symphony "Variations on Appalachia Waltz"

    Mark O'Connor

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    32:21
  • 4:22 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    3:16
  • 4:14 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    5:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:17
  • 4:01 AM

    Air and Simple Gifts

    John Williams

    The Music of America: John Williams

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:30
  • 3:44 AM

    1812 Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:49
  • 3:41 AM

    God Bless America

    Irving Berlin

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:03
  • 3:21 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    17:55
  • 3:11 AM

    Federal Overture

    Benjamin Carr

    The 18th Century American Overture

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:06
  • 3:06 AM

    West Side Story: America

    Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story Suite; Der Dreigroschenmusik

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:43
  • 3:01 AM

    American Overture for Band

    Joseph Jenkins

    River City Brass Band

    4:35
  • 2:50 AM

    Fireworks

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Goldsmith: Music for Orchestra

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Jerry Goldsmith, conductor

    8:32
  • 2:47 AM

    Washington Post March

    John Philip Sousa

    Fennell Conducts Hands Across the Sea

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:27
  • 2:44 AM

    The Thunderer

    John Philip Sousa

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:36
  • 2:27 AM

    Symphony No. 59 "Fire"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:16
  • 2:23 AM

    Etincelles (Sparks)

    Moritz Moszkowski

    Ingolf Wunder, piano

    2:56
  • 2:20 AM

    The Whistler and His Dog

    Arthur Pryor

    The Whistler and His Dog

    Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

    Rick Benjamin, conductor

    2:40
  • 2:14 AM

    Star-Spangled Spectacular

    George M. Cohan

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:19
  • 2:11 AM

    The Star-Spangled Banner

    John Stafford Smith

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    2:34
  • 2:06 AM

    Midway: March

    John Williams

    By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:12
  • 2:01 AM

    Military Might: Five Military Branch Anthems

    Medley

    Stars and Stripes

    Canadian Brass

    4:50
  • 1:48 AM

    American Fantasia

    Victor Herbert

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:01
  • 1:44 AM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:09
  • 1:35 AM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    6:19
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    21:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)

    Peter Boyer

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:53
  • 1:01 AM

    Two Rags

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    4:42
  • 12:52 AM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:49 AM

    The President's March

    Philip Phile

    Federal Music Society

    1:52
  • 12:19 AM

    Stars and Stripes Suite

    Hershey Kay

    Stars and Stripes, Cakewalk

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    28:06
  • 12:14 AM

    His Honor

    Henry Fillmore

    Riders for the Flag

    United States Air Force Heritage Band

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    2:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Strike Up the Band: Overture

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Overtures

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:08
  • 12:01 AM

    America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)

    Traditional

    American Anthem

    RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fielder, conductor

    4:26
  • 11:51 PM

    Variations on America

    Charles Ives

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:00 PM

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir 4th of July Special

    59:00
  • 10:52 PM

    Ragtime Bobolink and Bird-Brain Rag

    Joseph Lamb

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    4:50
  • 10:44 PM

    Medley of Songs

    George M. Cohan

    Irish Night at the Pops

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    8:06
  • 10:35 PM

    Occasional Overture

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    7:40
  • 10:08 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    25:24
  • 9:59 PM

    Folk Suite No. 2

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    7:11
  • 9:56 PM

    Fiddler's Jig

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:16
  • 9:21 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Amy Beach

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    34:46
  • 9:14 PM

    Paragon Rag

    Scott Joplin

    On the Boardwalk: Music from the Arthur Pryor Orchestra Collection

    Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

    Rick Benjamin, conductor

    3:50
  • 9:03 PM

    Cakewalk Suite

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    American Jubilee

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    9:16
  • 8:58 PM

    A Little Mosey Music

    Peter Schickele

    Chestnut Brass Company

    2:59
  • 8:54 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American in Paris/Others

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:18
  • 8:47 PM

    Souvenir d'Amerique (Variations on "Yankee Doodle")

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    5:04
  • 8:35 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    10:32
  • 8:21 PM

    Summer Music

    Samuel Barber

    Marlboro Music Festival - 40th Anniversary: Barber, Nielsen, Hindemith

    Marlboro Festival Ensemble

    12:04
  • 8:05 PM

    Seattle Slew: Preakness Promenade

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    7:38
  • 8:00 PM

    Fourth of July Overture

    Americana

    Homespun America

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:01 PM

    To Honor and Inspire: A Salute to US Military Bands

    59:00
  • 4:53 PM

    Attaboy

    Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan

    The Goat Rodeo Sessions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    5:41
  • 4:42 PM

    The Cowboys: Overture

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    9:46
  • 4:19 PM

    Rodeo

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Billy the Kid, Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

    Studio Orchestra

    Morton Gould, conductor

    21:14
  • 4:12 PM

    Miniatures: I Ride an Old Paint

    William Grant Still

    Sierra Winds

    3:56
  • 4:06 PM

    Oklahoma!: The Surrey with the Fringe on Top

    Richard Rodgers

    Rodgers and Hammerstein

    English Northern Philharmonia

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:40
  • 4:01 PM

    The Gliding Girl

    John Philip Sousa

    Nonpareil Wind Band

    Timothy Foley, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:50 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:59
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Howard Hanson Symphonies 1, 2; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitky

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    28:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Three American Pieces

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    12:20
  • 3:01 PM

    America the Beautiful

    Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates

    Stars and Stripes

    Canadian Brass

    4:25
  • 2:52 PM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities / Three Olympians / Celebration Overture

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:35
  • 2:51 PM

    Celebration Overture

    Peter Boyer

    BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities / Three Olympians / Celebration Overture

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    6:35
  • 2:48 PM

    Medley of Songs

    George M. Cohan

    On the Boardwalk: Music from the Arthur Pryor Orchestra Collection

    Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

    Rick Benjamin, conductor

    2:52
  • 2:33 PM

    Show Boat Medley

    Jerome Kern

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    14:03
  • 2:29 PM

    Bugler's Holiday

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto in C Major / The Golden Years / Fiddle-Faddle

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Catherine Moore, trumpet

    2:37
  • 2:05 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Virgil Thomson

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    William Eddins, conductor

    Yehuda Hanani, cello

    23:20
  • 1:59 PM

    Medley of Gershwin Tunes

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Piano Music

    William Bolcom, piano

    4:32
  • 1:49 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    8:57
  • 1:44 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Modern Mandolin Quartet: Americana

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:11
  • 1:34 PM

    The Union (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Paul Bisaccia, piano

    7:27
  • 1:27 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    United States Air Force Band

    Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:16
  • 1:23 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Dance

    Samuel Barber

    American Music For Strings

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    3:00
  • 1:19 PM

    Virtuosity Rag

    William Bolcom

    Bolcom: Haunted Labyrinth, Sessions 2 & 3, etc

    Detroit Chamber Winds

    4:02
  • 1:10 PM

    Jurassic Park: Theme

    John Williams

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    4:43
  • 12:49 PM

    Javelin

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    8:29
  • 12:45 PM

    The Thriller

    May Aufderheide

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:11
  • 12:39 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    George Chadwick

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:28 PM

    A Salute to John Philip Sousa

    John Philip Sousa

    Made in the USA

    Canadian Brass

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    10:24
  • 12:17 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Fazil Say

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:56
  • 12:12 PM

    Hymn for America

    Stephen Paulus

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Craig Jessop, conductor

    3:11
  • 12:04 PM

    American Ballads: Amber Waves

    Morton Gould

    National Symphony of Ukraine

    Theodore Kuchar, conductor

    7:21
  • 11:52 AM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Leroy Anderson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:00
  • 11:44 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Joshua Bell, violin

    John Williams, piano

    6:50
  • 11:40 AM

    Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito

    Walter Piston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:36 AM

    From the Land of Sky-Blue Water

    Charles Wakefield Cadman

    Cadman: Chamber Music

    Peter Zazofsky, violin

    2:31
  • 11:21 AM

    Theme and Variations on Red River Valley

    David Amram

    Amram: This Land And Red River Variations

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    David Amram, conductor

    Brook Ellen Ferguson, flute

    14:17
  • 11:17 AM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    1865: Songs Of Hope And Home

    Anonymous 4

    Bruce Molsky, vocals

    3:02
  • 11:09 AM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 11:04 AM

    A Summer Day

    Lena McLin

    Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    3:57
  • 10:47 AM

    Saga of the Prairies

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:39
  • 10:44 AM

    Prairie Miniature

    Arthur Farwell

    Calico Winds

    1:54
  • 10:30 AM

    Three American Sketches

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:17 AM

    Mountain Songs

    Robert Beaser

    Alexandra Hawley, flute

    Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

    13:15
  • 10:09 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:53
  • 10:06 AM

    Argo: The Mission

    Alexandre Desplat

    Argo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    2:08
  • 10:01 AM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Eventide

    Voces8

    4:40
  • 9:44 AM

    American Rhapsody

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    14:35
  • 9:20 AM

    Brass from the Past

    William Perry

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

    Paul Phillips, conductor

    Nick Byrne, ophicleide

    21:40
  • 9:06 AM

    Etude from the Old Country

    Terry Riley

    ZOFO Duet

    12:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Slumber My Darling

    Stephen Foster

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Alison Krauss, vocals

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:49
  • 8:48 AM

    Poem for Flute and Orchestra

    Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Griffes/Hanson/Foote/Bloch/Kennan/Arnold/Hovhaness

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    Alexa Still, flute

    10:01
  • 8:32 AM

    Music in Four Sharps (on Dowland's Frog Galliard)

    Ian Krouse

    At Home and Abroad

    Leslie Shank, violin

    15:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Peter Boyer

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    24:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Angel Band": Morning

    Daron Hagen

    Finisterra Trio

    4:37
  • 7:45 AM

    Made in America

    Joan Tower

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    13:12
  • 7:34 AM

    Capriccio

    Frank Gulino

    Interplay: New Music for Trombone and Band

    Northern Delaware Wind Orchestra

    Michael Hall, conductor

    Bruce Tychinski, trombone

    10:56
  • 7:20 AM

    Mississippi Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    13:36
  • 7:11 AM

    blue pacific

    Michael Torke

    Hana Chu, piano

    7:23
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite for Violin and American Gamelan: Air

    Lou Harrison

    La Koro Sutro

    American Gamelan

    John Bergamo, conductor

    David Abel, violin

    4:01
  • 7:01 AM

    Picture Studies: Repetition

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:39
  • 6:53 AM

    Arise My Love

    Dale Warland

    Cosmos Trio

    5:21
  • 6:32 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 6:10 AM

    Symphony on a Hymn Tune

    Virgil Thomson

    Hanson Conducts McPhee Sessions Thomson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    20:25
  • 6:06 AM

    Abide with Me

    William Henry Monk

    Anonymous 4

    3:25
  • 6:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 5:54 AM

    American Symphonette No. 2: Pavanne

    Morton Gould

    American Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    3:52
  • 5:27 AM

    Wind Quintet No. 3

    David Maslanka

    David Maslanka: Wind Quintets

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    26:45
  • 5:17 AM

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    8:07
  • 5:01 AM

    Karlsruhe Ensemble

    Edna Michell, violin

    Ulf Hoelscher, violin

    4:36
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