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  • 4:21 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep Of The Virgin

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:46
  • 4:14 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:31
  • 4:06 AM

    Flute Concerto: Anhran

    Christopher Rouse

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    5:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Michael Jon Fink, celesta

    4:43
  • 3:50 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    8:05
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony for Strings "...For Love is Strong as Death..."

    Richard Danielpour

    Russian String Orchestra

    Misha Rachlevsky, conductor

    33:30
  • 3:07 AM

    Magnificat

    Caleb Burhans

    Caleb Burhans: Evensong

    Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street

    Caleb Burhans, organ

    5:43
  • 3:01 AM

    Chorale

    Peter Gregson

    Touch

    Peter Gregson, cello

    4:53
  • 2:48 AM

    Serenade to Music

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:38
  • 2:20 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" ; Grand Duo

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:27
  • 2:06 AM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Selections

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota: Music For Film

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    11:43
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:40
  • 1:38 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    20:02
  • 1:25 AM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 1:20 AM

    In Memoriam

    Gary Schocker

    Jonathan Keeble, flute

    Ann Yeung, harp

    3:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Fair Maid of Perth: Suite

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:59
  • 1:01 AM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:35
  • 12:48 AM

    Irish Suite for Strings

    Arthur Duff

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    10:05
  • 12:17 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 12:13 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:06 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    6:13
  • 12:01 AM

    Choro de Saudade

    Agustin Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:49
  • 11:42 PM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:36
  • 11:41 PM

    Printemps (Spring)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    16:36
  • 11:34 PM

    Slava

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:10
  • 11:07 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    26:41
  • 11:04 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Claire Jones, harp

    2:26
  • 10:45 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    16:31
  • 10:34 PM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet: 1st movement

    Franz Danzi

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    10:28
  • 10:27 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:22 PM

    Three Romances: No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:46
  • 10:08 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:26
  • 10:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    3:17
  • 9:36 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn, Adams

    Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristian Jarvi, conductor

    Chad Hoopes, violin

    25:44
  • 9:26 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:41
  • 9:19 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    At the Break

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    5:26
  • 9:06 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Baroque Favorites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:12
  • 9:01 PM

    Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    4:35
  • 8:47 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:23
  • 8:40 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:33
  • 8:11 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk Chamber Orchestra

    Joseph Suk, conductor

    26:46
  • 8:05 PM

    Cantata Memoria: Lux Aeterna

    Karl Jenkins

    Jenkins: Cantata Memoria "For the Children" (In Memory of Aberfan 1966)

    Sinfonia Cymru

    Karl Jenkins, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    5:33
  • 8:00 PM

    Four Songs: A Mother's Grief

    Edvard Grieg

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    3:24
  • 5:57 PM

    Prelude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    The Complete Chopin Preludes

    Yundi Li, piano

    :31
  • 5:41 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Elgar: Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams: The Lark

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    16:11
  • 5:21 PM

    Concerto for Flute, Strings and Two Horns

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf

    Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Flute Concertos

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Gaby Pas-van Riet, flute

    17:50
  • 5:10 PM

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    9:41
  • 5:06 PM

    Passemeze

    Adrian le Roy

    Nine Notes that Shook the World

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:24
  • 5:01 PM

    Taps/America

    Traditional

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:38
  • 4:43 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Orchestral Works, Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    15:23
  • 4:27 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:06
  • 4:18 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 250 "Haffner"

    Salzburg Camerata Academica

    Sandor Vegh, conductor

    7:54
  • 4:09 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    8:02
  • 4:06 PM

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    Theodore Kuchar, conductor

    1:42
  • 4:01 PM

    Bagatelles: Poco Allegro

    Antonin Dvorak

    National Chamber Players

    Lowell Graham, conductor

    4:44
  • 3:50 PM

    Mikado Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:47
  • 3:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Johann Hummel

    Hummel: Piano Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    30:23
  • 3:15 PM

    The Bourgeois Gentleman: Courante

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Der Burger als Edelmann

    Winterthur Music Collegium

    Douglas Boyd, conductor

    2:22
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto for Four Recorders

    Johann Heinichen

    Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    8:00
  • 3:01 PM

    String Quartet "For Art": 4th movement

    Eduardo Toldra

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:42
  • 2:49 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 2:44 PM

    Danserye: Six Dances

    Tielman Susato

    Brass Surround

    Millar Brass Ensemble

    13:36
  • 2:34 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    10:01
  • 2:18 PM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 2:08 PM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 2:00 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Preludes and Impromptus

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:54
  • 1:52 PM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Allegro moderato

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:41 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 9, K271 & 21, K467

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    10:19
  • 1:32 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:17 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Classical Symphony and Symphony No. 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:42
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 101 & 103

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:09 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2

    Henri Rabaud

    Rabaud: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:04 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 12:55 PM

    The King's Hunting Jig

    John Bull

    Music for the Courts of Europe

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:02
  • 12:48 PM

    Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen

    John Williams

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:10
  • 12:38 PM

    Concerto No. 11

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:36
  • 12:34 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:32 PM

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:22
  • 12:25 PM

    Harold in Italy: Serenade

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold en Italie Op. 16

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    Yuri Bashmet, viola

    5:56
  • 12:21 PM

    Three Romances: No. 1

    Clara Schumann

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:46
  • 12:09 PM

    Columbia (Caprice Americain)

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Philip Martin, piano

    5:51
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:32
  • 11:50 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:44 AM

    Scherzo

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:24
  • 11:36 AM

    Novelette "In Spanish Style"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Five Novelettes; String Quartet No. 5

    Saint Petersburg String Quartet

    6:42
  • 11:31 AM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Orchestra de Liege

    Paul Strauss, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:27 AM

    Cantata No. 156: Arioso

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    2:34
  • 11:19 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 11:16 AM

    Fiddler's Jig

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:16
  • 11:08 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    6:30
  • 11:04 AM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes, Sonatas, Impormptus

    Janina Fialkowska, piano

    3:25
  • 10:47 AM

    To a Liberator (A Lincoln Tribute)

    George Frederick McKay

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    11:09
  • 10:42 AM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    A Swedish Pastorale

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:37 AM

    Spirit of Trees: 5th movement

    Alan Hovhaness

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    David Leisner, guitar

    4:18
  • 10:30 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:42
  • 10:23 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccios

    Capriccio Quartet

    6:06
  • 10:16 AM

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Edward Elgar

    The Artist's Album: Leonard Bernstein

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:14
  • 10:11 AM

    Legend No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    3:37
  • 10:06 AM

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    4:31
  • 10:01 AM

    Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    4:28
  • 9:48 AM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 9:30 AM

    La Creation du Monde

    Darius Milhaud

    London Sinfonietta

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:27
  • 9:10 AM

    La Peri (The Fairy)

    Paul Dukas

    Dukas: La Peri, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    19:13
  • 9:06 AM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:51
  • 9:01 AM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:39 AM

    Suite on Russian Themes

    Max Bruch

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    19:11
  • 8:33 AM

    Scaramouche: Modere

    Darius Milhaud

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    5:31
  • 8:09 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Francis, conductor

    Ian Parker, piano

    22:14
  • 8:06 AM

    Lamentations of Jeremiah: Vau

    Thomas Crecquillon

    Endbeginning

    New York Polyphony

    2:31
  • 8:01 AM

    Three Late Love Songs: Tranquillo

    Kurt Schwertsik

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    Nicola Meecham, piano

    4:32
  • 7:44 AM

    Romantic Pieces

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Prague Waltzes

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    14:18
  • 7:35 AM

    Israeli Melodies

    Julius Chajes

    Members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    8:53
  • 7:14 AM

    Robert le Diable: Ballet of the Nuns

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    18:37
  • 7:06 AM

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra

    Johan Svendsen

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra: Portrait

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    Anton Kontra, violin

    7:46
  • 7:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:31
  • 6:38 AM

    La Boutique fantasque (Fantastic Toy Shop)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:31
  • 6:33 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Rossini

    Frederic Chopin

    Heinz Holliger At The Opera / Heinz & Ursula Holliger

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    4:05
  • 6:14 AM

    Magnolia Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    17:25
  • 6:06 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    7:58
  • 6:01 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Closing Scene

    Richard Wagner

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:33
  • 5:28 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Naive"

    Franz Berwald

    Berwald: Sinfonie Serieuse/Symphony No. 4

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    29:50
  • 5:24 AM

    Prelude No. 24

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    3:15
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    16:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 95, 97, 101

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:26
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