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  • 5:46 AM

    While an Angel Falls into a Doze...

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    12:50
  • 5:38 AM

    Because Together We Resonate

    Christopher Tignor

    Tomorrow Becomes You

    Slow Six

    6:10
  • 5:25 AM

    St. Carolyn by the Sea

    Bryce Dessner

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre de Ridder, conductor

    Bryce Dessner, guitar

    Aaron Dessner, guitar

    13:05
  • 5:12 AM

    Chasing Shadows

    Giovanni Piacentini

    Chiaroscuro

    Tim Fain, violin

    9:48
  • 5:06 AM

    Ones: The Floaty One

    Jascha Narveson

    Potential Differences

    Dither

    5:17
  • 5:01 AM

    Electric Counterpoint: Fast

    Steve Reich

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:29
  • 4:44 AM

    Shotgun Houses

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    19:07
  • 4:39 AM

    Shotgun Houses

    Valerie Coleman

    Harlem Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    19:07
  • 4:21 AM

    A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace

    Derek Bermel

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    16:23
  • 4:13 AM

    New York Lights

    William Bolcom

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    5:32
  • 4:06 AM

    Sphere('s)

    John Halle

    Spark

    Friction Quartet

    5:18
  • 4:01 AM

    Night Waltz

    Paul Bowles

    Double Edge: U.S. Choice

    Double Edge

    Edmund Niemann, piano

    4:24
  • 3:44 AM

    Symphonie Fantastique: Reveries

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cleopatre

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    14:01
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    28:03
  • 3:06 AM

    Aladdin: Dances

    Ernest Tomlinson

    British Light Music: Ernest Tomlinson

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    6:36
  • 3:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:39
  • 2:41 AM

    The Ball of Beatrice d'Este

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Salute to France: Harmonie Ensemble plays Hohn, Milhaud, Ibert & Poulenc

    Harmonie Ensemble

    Steven Richman, conductor

    16:57
  • 2:26 AM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    13:38
  • 2:17 AM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    8:18
  • 2:06 AM

    Andante and Hungarian Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Hummel, Weber: Bassoon Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    9:47
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: Scherzo

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:52
  • 1:44 AM

    Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales)

    Robert Schumann

    Rivka Golani, viola

    Bernadene Blaha, piano

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    14:59
  • 1:44 AM

    Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales)

    Robert Schumann

    Rivka Golani, viola

    Bernadene Blaha, piano

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    14:59
  • 1:24 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 45 & 94; Horn Concerto No. 1

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Michael Thompson, horn

    17:51
  • 1:18 AM

    Go, lovely Rose

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:06 AM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:22
  • 1:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:47 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 12:33 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio

    Grigory Stolyarov, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    19:52
  • 12:30 AM

    Homage to Mistral: Prelude

    Matilde Salvadore

    Dejan Ivanovic - Guitar Recital

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    2:58
  • 12:17 AM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    French National Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    10:53
  • 12:04 AM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:58
  • 12:00 AM

    Impromptu No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Shai Wosner, piano

    3:40
  • 11:46 PM

    Snow Maiden Suite

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Suites

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    12:28
  • 11:40 PM

    Eliza in Ascot

    Frederick Loewe

    Get Happy

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:59
  • 11:31 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    8:44
  • 11:23 PM

    Symphony in C: 2nd movement

    Igor Stravinsky

    Transatlantic

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    6:53
  • 11:09 PM

    Verdun: Heroic Epilogue

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:02 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
  • 10:46 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos, 1 & 5

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    13:44
  • 10:42 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    2:55
  • 10:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 28

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106

    Louis Lortie, piano

    20:31
  • 10:16 PM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 10:02 PM

    Sonata No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    11:16
  • 9:59 PM

    Les animaux modeles (The Model Animals): The Lion in Love

    Francis Poulenc

    Orchestra of the Society of Conservatory Concerts

    Georges Pretre, conductor

    1:41
  • 9:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Violin Concertos

    Il Pomo d'Oro

    Shunske Sato, violin

    16:10
  • 9:33 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Rose adagio

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    6:58
  • 9:21 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:30
  • 9:03 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 9:00 PM

    Mazurka No. 40

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    2:39
  • 6:48 PM

    The Flowers

    Jean Sibelius

    SIBELIUS: Complete Original Piano Music, Vol. 5

    Erik Tawaststjerna, piano

    10:06
  • 6:16 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    30:29
  • 6:06 PM

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    William Walton

    Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, Etc

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:35
  • 6:01 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Silence, on joue! A Time for Us

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:52 PM

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:51
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    33:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Zigeunerliebe (Gypsy Love)

    Franz Lehar

    Lehar: Waltzes

    Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:36
  • 5:01 PM

    Rondo

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas And Rondos

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:36
  • 4:51 PM

    New England Triptych: Chester

    William Schuman

    United States Air Force Band

    Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:26 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'Ouiseau de Feu, Pulcinella, Le Baser de la Fee

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    23:46
  • 4:17 PM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 4:06 PM

    May Night Overture

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Distant Show

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:37
  • 3:54 PM

    English Folk Song Suite: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:22
  • 3:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:52
  • 3:36 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:52
  • 3:20 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Stravinsky, I.: Firebird (The) / Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    15:30
  • 3:13 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:10
  • 3:08 PM

    The Planets: Mercury

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    4:14
  • 2:59 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:43 PM

    Capriccio Italien

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    14:34
  • 2:38 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    3:51
  • 2:33 PM

    A Hug For Pixinga

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

    Sounds of Brazil

    Quintet of the Americas

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    3:28
  • 2:19 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    12:51
  • 2:14 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:29
  • 2:07 PM

    Candide: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Great American Showpieces

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:21
  • 2:04 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    1:50
  • 1:54 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    5:33
  • 1:45 PM

    True Constancy: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    8:24
  • 1:41 PM

    October Sky: Selections

    Mark Isham

    Studio orchestra

    Ken Kugler, conductor

    3:11
  • 1:30 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    9:00
  • 1:23 PM

    Symphony in C: 3rd movement

    Igor Stravinsky

    Transatlantic

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Langree, conductor

    4:55
  • 1:09 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    7:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Bourree

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Piano Music

    Grant Johannesen, piano

    3:57
  • 12:54 PM

    Carmen: Habanera

    Georges Bizet

    Elina Garanca: Habanera

    Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra of Milan

    Karel Mark Chichon, conductor

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    4:36
  • 12:50 PM

    To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title

    Elmer Bernstein

    Vintage Cinema

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:02
  • 12:43 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Recorder Concertos

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:05
  • 12:33 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:30 PM

    Banjo and Fiddle

    William Kroll

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    3:03
  • 12:24 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:24
  • 12:16 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:15 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 3rd movement

    Johann Hummel

    Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    Niklas Eklund, trumpet

    3:51
  • 12:09 PM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, Rosamunde; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Efrem Kurtz, conductor

    4:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Mozart

    Mikhail Glinka

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:11
  • 11:45 AM

    The Chairman Dances

    John Adams

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    12:47
  • 11:40 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: An American in Paris/Others

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:18
  • 11:36 AM

    El Baile de Luis Alonso

    Geronimo Gimenez

    LAGQ's Guitar Heroes

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:22
  • 11:31 AM

    Among the Poppies

    Eric Coates

    Robin Hood Country

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:20
  • 11:19 AM

    Icelandic Folk Dances

    Jon Leifs

    Leifs: Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    12:25
  • 11:17 AM

    Hungarian Folk Songs: Hey, Gorbenye

    Dana Wilson

    Formosa Quartet

    2:09
  • 11:10 AM

    Humoresque of George Gershwin's Swanee

    John Philip Sousa

    Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:06 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    2:56
  • 11:01 AM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Schumann: Theme and Variations II

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    4:48
  • 10:47 AM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    11:31
  • 10:18 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 10:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 5

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    9:45
  • 10:01 AM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Steamboat

    Michael Daugherty

    Daugherty: Dreamachine; Trail of Tears

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    4:37
  • 9:41 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 9:38 AM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    Romances for Saxophone

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Branford Marsalis, saxophone

    2:41
  • 9:31 AM

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:22
  • 9:06 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:57
  • 9:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 8:31 AM

    To Notice Such Things

    Jon Lord

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Jon Lord, piano

    Cormac Henry, flute

    27:00
  • 8:16 AM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Isaiah Jackson, conductor

    14:00
  • 8:06 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Therese Motard, cello

    9:16
  • 8:01 AM

    Yesterday

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Revolution

    Janoska Ensemble

    4:39
  • 7:31 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    26:55
  • 7:26 AM

    African Suite: Nostalgia

    Fela Sowande

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    4:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets IV, V, VI

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    18:46
  • 7:01 AM

    Out of Africa: Love Theme

    John Barry

    Oscar And Tony: Award-Winning Music From The Stage And Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    4:23
  • 6:40 AM

    The Love for Three Oranges: Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    17:52
  • 6:32 AM

    Ballade No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    7:32
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Gabriel Faure

    Debussy, Faure, Ravel: String Quartets

    Ebene Quartet

    24:19
  • 6:01 AM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    4:38
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