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  • 5:20 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Charles Ives

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    38:10
  • 5:06 AM

    Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du soir" (Evening Harmonies)

    Franz Liszt

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    12:10
  • 5:01 AM

    Flute Concerto: 1st movement

    Vilem Blodek

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Uros Lajovic, conductor

    Karl Bernhard Sebon, flute

    4:39
  • 4:42 AM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma

    New York Philharmonic

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    16:22
  • 4:17 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    The Schumann Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    23:06
  • 4:06 AM

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Edmon Colomer, conductor

    Vanessa McKeand, harp

    9:33
  • 4:01 AM

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

    J. Rosamond Johnson

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:46
  • 3:46 AM

    Divertimento No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    11:39
  • 3:43 AM

    A Thankful Heart

    John T. Hocutt

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:12
  • 3:19 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    22:31
  • 3:06 AM

    Fall of the Leaf (Elegy for Orchestra)

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:57
  • 3:01 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 2:47 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:02
  • 2:22 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 2:16 AM

    The Swan-Queen

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    From Russia with Harp

    Sasha Boldachev, harp

    3:55
  • 2:06 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    9:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:42
  • 1:46 AM

    The Seasons: Autumn

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    11:45
  • 1:34 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:41
  • 1:21 AM

    Old American Songs

    Aaron Copland

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Carl Davis, conductor

    Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano

    12:16
  • 1:15 AM

    Once Upon a Time in America

    Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso: The Classic Film Music Of Ennio Morricone

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:39
  • 1:06 AM

    Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims

    Hector Berlioz

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Gerard Causse, viola

    7:32
  • 1:01 AM

    Widdershins: Stone Cold Pilgrims

    Kirk Elliott

    Widdershins: The Legend of Tristan Shoute

    Orchestra of Unmitigated Gaul

    Kirk Elliott, conductor

    4:34
  • 12:50 AM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 12:11 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout"

    Franz Schubert

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    Pamela Frank, violin

    Rebecca Young, viola

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    37:50
  • 12:06 AM

    Pilgrims' Hymn

    Stephen Paulus

    Beyond All Mortal Dreams

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:47 PM

    In Autumn Overture

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphony In C Minor Etc.

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    11:25
  • 11:30 PM

    Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola

    Randall Thompson

    Oboist Peter Christ

    Peter Christ, oboe

    15:45
  • 11:22 PM

    Eventide

    Byron Adams

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    6:48
  • 11:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    14:51
  • 11:01 PM

    Partita No. 6: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    4:39
  • 10:55 PM

    Lotus Eaters

    Andrew York

    Air and Ground

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:27
  • 10:14 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    39:43
  • 10:06 PM

    The Tender Land: The Promise of Living

    Aaron Copland

    The Green Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    5:40
  • 10:01 PM

    Nocturne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:37
  • 9:50 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Autumn

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:27 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army"

    Charles Ives

    Ives, Barber: String Quartets

    Emerson String Quartet

    21:06
  • 9:14 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Petr Vronsky, conductor

    10:50
  • 9:06 PM

    Lohengrin: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral

    Richard Wagner

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Mary Preston, organ

    7:48
  • 9:01 PM

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart, Strauss: Horn Concertos

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

    4:36
  • 8:49 PM

    Suite for Piano Trio

    Horatio Parker

    Toledo Trio

    9:18
  • 8:24 PM

    Appalachian Spring

    Aaron Copland

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    23:17
  • 8:20 PM

    We Gather Together

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:33
  • 8:06 PM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 1st movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:12
  • 8:01 PM

    French Suite No. 5: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    4:51
  • 7:37 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    21:06
  • 7:11 PM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:57
  • 7:06 PM

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass: Gloria

    Carol Barnett

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:53
  • 7:01 PM

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

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 6:49 PM

    Euterpe Overture

    George Chadwick

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor

    8:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Thanksgiving on Classical MPR

    180:00
  • 3:50 PM

    Harvest Dances (Ernte Tanze) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 14

    Czech State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    7:12
  • 3:34 PM

    Harvest Dance Suite

    Ilmari Hannikainen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    14:34
  • 3:31 PM

    Harvest Hymn

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:14
  • 3:22 PM

    A River Runs Through It

    Mark Isham

    Studio orchestra

    6:00
  • 3:05 PM

    Strings and Threads Suite

    Mark O'Connor

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    15:29
  • 3:00 PM

    An Anthem for Thanksgiving

    William Billings

    VocalEssence

    5:52
  • 2:52 PM

    Black Swan

    Bright Sheng

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "America": Thanksgiving Day

    Dan Locklair

    Locklair: Symphony No. 2 "America"

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    9:05
  • 2:34 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Andras Schiff, piano

    5:57
  • 2:25 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    WA Mozart: The Violin Concertos

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    7:57
  • 2:20 PM

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:09 PM

    Tannhauser: Pilgrims' Chorus

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Choruses

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Silvio Varviso, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:04 PM

    Four North American Legends: Chippewa Lullaby

    Carl Busch

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:55 PM

    Lovefeast of Thanksgiving

    Music of the Moravians

    Lost Music of Early America: Music of the moravians

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    4:43
  • 1:50 PM

    Concerto Antico: Contredanse

    Richard Harvey

    Harvey, Gray: Guitar Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    3:06
  • 1:42 PM

    Cantata No. 192: Nun danket alle Gott

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantatas: BWV 188, 190-192

    Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:40 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    1:27
  • 1:33 PM

    Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)

    Richard Strauss

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:30 PM

    Divertimento: Turkey Trot

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    1:43
  • 1:23 PM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:12
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:09 PM

    The American Seasons: Fall

    Mark O'Connor

    The American Seasons

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    5:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Showpieces and Encores

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:54 PM

    Harvest Home Suite: Overture

    Jay Ungar

    Harvest Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Jay Ungar, fiddle

    4:13
  • 12:51 PM

    Les Moissonneurs (The Reapers)

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    2:01
  • 12:38 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra at 100, Volume X

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    47:41
  • 12:34 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily

    Traditional French

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus

    2:56
  • 12:25 PM

    Occasional Overture

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    7:40
  • 12:21 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    2:30
  • 12:14 PM

    The Days (I giorni)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Spheres

    German Chamber Orchestra Berlin

    Simon Halsey, conductor

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:38
  • 12:07 PM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Romance

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romantic Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:37
  • 12:04 PM

    Prayer of Thanksgiving

    Traditional

    Music For All Occasions

    Robert Shaw Chorale

    2:40
  • 11:45 AM

    Bassoon Quartet

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: Basson Musique de Chambre

    Klaus Thunemann, bassoon

    13:36
  • 11:41 AM

    The Wasps: March of the Kitchen Utensils

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Boult conducts Coates

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    2:56
  • 11:32 AM

    Otello: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:57
  • 11:29 AM

    Wood Notes: Whippoorwill's Shoes

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    2:25
  • 11:11 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:37
  • 11:06 AM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    4:22
  • 11:01 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales: Selections

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    4:51
  • 10:30 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Christoph Weyse

    Royal Danish Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    28:48
  • 10:14 AM

    New Russia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    13:38
  • 10:06 AM

    Four North American Legends: Omaha Indian Love Song

    Carl Busch

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    6:07
  • 10:01 AM

    2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Romance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    Alexander Melnikov, piano

    Aleksandar Madzar, piano

    4:32
  • 9:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral", Symphony No. 4

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Heather Harper, soprano

    38:07
  • 9:09 AM

    Concerto No. 10 "Pastorale"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:54
  • 9:06 AM

    Pastorale

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:07
  • 9:01 AM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 8:39 AM

    Native American Ambiances

    Jackson Berkey

    Arvo the Magnificat

    Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum

    19:36
  • 8:34 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    4:43
  • 8:22 AM

    Concerto Koln

    9:31
  • 8:06 AM

    Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    15:47
  • 8:01 AM

    Smoky Mountains Concerto: Valley Song

    Richard Addinsell

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    Philip Martin, piano

    4:39
  • 7:49 AM

    Concert Waltz No. 1

    Alexander Glazunov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov: The Seasons, Concert Waltzes

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    9:43
  • 7:15 AM

    String Quintet "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: String Quartet Op 105, String Quintet Op 97

    Takacs Quartet

    Lawrence Power, viola

    32:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Concerto for Clarinet: 2nd movement

    William Bolcom

    Lancaster Festival Orchestra

    Gary Sheldon, conductor

    Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

    7:36
  • 7:01 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 6:32 AM

    Sinfonietta

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    26:43
  • 6:28 AM

    Native American Suite: Zuni Sunrise Song

    Brent Michael Davids

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:09
  • 6:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    On the Banks of Helicon

    Baltimore Consort

    4:36
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