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  • 4:45 AM

    The Dharma at Big Sur: A New Day

    John Adams

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    John Adams, conductor

    Tracy Silverman, violin

    14:32
  • 4:45 AM

    The Dharma at Big Sur: A New Day

    John Adams

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    John Adams, conductor

    Tracy Silverman, violin

    14:32
  • 4:30 AM

    Oceanic Fantasy

    Paola Prestini

    Francesca dePasquale, violin

    13:43
  • 4:24 AM

    Slow Change

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    3:33
  • 4:11 AM

    Air

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Living Music

    Alice K. Dade, flute

    12:00
  • 4:06 AM

    The Quiet at Night

    Mary Lattimore

    At the Dam

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    4:12
  • 4:01 AM

    Air for the Poet

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison, Vol. 4

    Tammittam Percussion Ensemble

    Guido Facchin, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:43 AM

    Fullness of Wind; French Catalogues

    Brian Eno

    Cockpit Ensemble

    Gavin Bryars, conductor

    15:15
  • 3:37 AM

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Christian Badzura, piano

    3:35
  • 3:28 AM

    The Air, Turning

    Edmund Finnis

    The Air, Turning

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Ilan Volkov, conductor

    8:55
  • 3:22 AM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Sarabande

    Peter Gregson

    Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach: The Cello Suites

    Peter Gregson, cello

    4:49
  • 3:11 AM

    Doublespeak

    Nico Muhly

    eighth blackbird

    9:04
  • 3:07 AM

    Above and Below, B Minor

    Peter Gregson

    Bach Reworks, Pt. 1

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Partita: Sarabande

    Caroline Shaw

    Roomful of Teeth

    Brad Wells, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:53 AM

    Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

    Lucia Lin, violin

    5:27
  • 2:13 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Martha Argerich: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1; Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    37:51
  • 2:06 AM

    Colonial Song

    Percy Grainger

    Percy Grainger: Symphonic Band Music

    Michigan State University Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    5:22
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:46 AM

    Serenade for Flute and Guitar

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Italian Serenade

    James Galway, flute

    11:38
  • 1:26 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Darrell Ang, conductor

    18:48
  • 1:22 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 1:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "La Chasse"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hagen Quartet

    14:57
  • 1:01 AM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    English Brass Music of the 17th Century

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:52
  • 12:48 AM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    8:59
  • 12:29 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra

    Timothy Russell, conductor

    16:35
  • 12:24 AM

    Into the Blue: Bluegrass Breakdown

    Greg Danner

    Cumberland Quintet

    2:35
  • 12:13 AM

    A Colour Symphony: Blue

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:07
  • 12:06 AM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 12:01 AM

    Blue Curve of the Earth

    Tina Davidson

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Cory Smythe, piano

    4:53
  • 11:39 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:45
  • 11:36 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:45
  • 11:23 PM

    New Federal Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:56
  • 11:20 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:22
  • 11:14 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    4:45
  • 11:01 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:58 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:16
  • 10:51 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    6:15
  • 10:35 PM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Collegium Musicum 90

    14:53
  • 10:29 PM

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich (How lovely are thy dwelling places)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    5:27
  • 10:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    6:46
  • 10:09 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 9:59 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    8:33
  • 9:47 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Franz Liszt

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    10:35
  • 9:23 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    Pietro Spada, piano

    22:50
  • 9:19 PM

    O'Neill's Cavalry March

    Traditional Irish

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    2:42
  • 9:04 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen, L'Arlesienne, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    11:49
  • 8:59 PM

    Philemon und Baucis: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:44
  • 8:44 PM

    Richard III

    Bedrich Smetana

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    12:58
  • 8:40 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Piano Works of Chopin, Vol 5: Polonaises & Impromptus

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    3:44
  • 8:18 PM

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    19:50
  • 8:06 PM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius

    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Georg Tintner, conductor

    11:31
  • 8:00 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Tomaso Albinoni

    The Birth of the North Italian Violin Concerto: 1690-1740, Vol. 1: The Dawn of the Virtuoso

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Adrian Chandler, violin

    5:30
  • 5:54 PM

    English Suite: Folk Song

    John Duarte

    Nightshade Rounds

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    4:20
  • 5:38 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Sinfonia da Requiem, Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    16:26
  • 5:24 PM

    Oboe Sonata

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Music for Flute and Oboe

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    11:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    James Galway plays Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    16:39
  • 5:01 PM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:58 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :31
  • 4:50 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Violin Concertos, RV 187, 195, 197, 204, 209, 242, 364

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    7:54
  • 4:39 PM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:04
  • 4:21 PM

    Scenes from Childhood

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    16:49
  • 4:12 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    7:11
  • 4:06 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 4:01 PM

    Orchestral Study No. 3

    Arthur Bliss

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    4:51
  • 3:41 PM

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    16:41
  • 3:22 PM

    Quintet

    Johann Christian Bach

    Florigelium Musicale: Vivaldi, Marcello, Quantz, J.Ch. Bach, Fasch

    Camerata Cologne

    17:23
  • 3:16 PM

    Perpetual Motion Pieces

    Francis Poulenc

    Paul Crossley, piano

    5:52
  • 3:06 PM

    Romance No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:26
  • 3:01 PM

    Harp Consort No. 3

    William Lawes

    Les Voix Humaines

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    4:39
  • 2:50 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Dances

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    8:20
  • 2:44 PM

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    13:04
  • 2:24 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia plays Bach Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    18:56
  • 2:17 PM

    Strange Days (Giorni dispari)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    5:30
  • 2:05 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Judith Raskin, soprano

    10:15
  • 1:58 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:53
  • 1:44 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Choruses

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:49
  • 1:33 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 4, Serenade for Strings

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    9:53
  • 1:31 PM

    Sweet William

    John Playford

    Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th Century England

    Toronto Consort

    1:11
  • 1:27 PM

    Moto Perpetuo

    Nicolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:00
  • 1:17 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance, Marches

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    6:36
  • 1:10 PM

    Turkish Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 250 - A Celebration

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    3:43
  • 1:04 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: The Complete Symphonies

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:57 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 1: Polka

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    1:42
  • 12:53 PM

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Jazz Music

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:47 PM

    Nonetto: 3rd movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Spohr, Martinu: Nonets / Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    5:08
  • 12:41 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic dances, Opp. 46 & 72

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vaclav Neumann, conductor

    4:00
  • 12:33 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:38
  • 12:27 PM

    Avian Arabesques: The Hovering Falcon

    Paul Patterson

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    4:15
  • 12:20 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    Haochen Zhang, piano

    6:46
  • 12:07 PM

    Novelette (Valse)

    Alexander Glazunov

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    5:58
  • 12:04 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Gigue

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    2:17
  • 11:50 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:47 AM

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Traditional

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    3:00
  • 11:37 AM

    My Aunt Aurore: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:21
  • 11:31 AM

    African Suite

    Andrew York/William Kanengiser

    L.A.G.Q.

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    5:16
  • 11:24 AM

    Symphony No. 85 "The Queen": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85 & 86

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:20 AM

    Serenade for Winds: 2nd movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Consortium Classicum

    3:29
  • 11:15 AM

    Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos For Two Cellos

    European Union Chamber Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Hofmann, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    7:25
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    1:39
  • 10:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Finale

    Joachim Nikolas Eggert

    Eggert: Symphonies Nos. 2 And 4

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Gerard Korsten, conductor

    8:57
  • 10:41 AM

    Britannia (A Nautical Overture)

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:15
  • 10:38 AM

    Small River Flowing

    Traditional Chinese

    Pictures of the Floating World

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:32
  • 10:31 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Ports of Call

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:31
  • 10:25 AM

    The Carpenter: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 1

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Alessandro Amoretti, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:12 AM

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Richard Strauss

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    Gerard Causse, viola

    11:12
  • 10:06 AM

    Steal Away

    Spiritual

    The Spirituals

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

    5:12
  • 10:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 4th movement

    Gabriel Faure

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    4:35
  • 9:40 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 9:31 AM

    Fiesta criolla

    Manuel Gomez Carrillo

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    7:10
  • 9:27 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato

    William Grant Still

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    3:19
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 31

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas: No. 11, Op. 22; No. 13, Op. 27 No. 1; No. 31, Op. 110

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    19:12
  • 9:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 8:30 AM

    The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Piano Concerto, The Golden Spinning Wheel

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    28:20
  • 8:12 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Prague Philharmonia

    Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

    16:34
  • 8:06 AM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Florence Price

    Blurred Boundaries

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:56
  • 8:01 AM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:48 AM

    Momentum Suite

    Peter Hope

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:09
  • 7:40 AM

    Parlour Games

    Meredith Monk

    Ursula Oppens, piano

    Bruce Brubaker, piano

    7:33
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Niccolo Paganini

    New York Philharmonic

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    31:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Atonement: Music from the Motion Picture

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:48
  • 6:40 AM

    Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc Chamber Music

    Pascal Roge, piano

    18:06
  • 6:16 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 6:13 AM

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    George Gershwin

    Honey and Rue

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:34
  • 6:06 AM

    Summer Evening

    Frederick Delius

    Vaughan Williams and Delius

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:01
  • 6:01 AM

    Trio Sonata

    Giuseppe Tartini

    La Magnifica Comunita

    Enrico Casazza, violin

    Isabella Longa, violin

    Marcello Scandelli, cello

    Giorgio Cerasoli, harpsichord

    4:34
  • 5:44 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    14:19
  • 5:34 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:44
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Philip Glass

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    26:02
  • 5:01 AM

    Benedicta es celorum

    Anonymous Medieval

    Trio Mediaeval

    4:47
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