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  • 5:38 AM

    Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote (Chamber Music III)

    Aulis Sallinen

    Sallinen: Violin Concerto; Don Juanquixote, etc.

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Torleif Thedeen, cello

    20:34
  • 5:29 AM

    Blueprint

    Caroline Shaw

    Aizuri Quartet

    7:38
  • 5:13 AM

    Variations on an Ancient Theme

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    14:56
  • 5:06 AM

    In the Well: The Rising of the Moon

    Vilem Blodek

    Small Czech Musical Gems

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Vaclav Smetacek, conductor

    6:26
  • 5:01 AM

    Sanctus

    Ola Gjeilo

    Tenebrae

    4:46
  • 4:50 AM

    Bays of Huatulco

    Michael Torke

    Charlie Albright, piano

    8:07
  • 4:34 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 4:29 AM

    Turn to the Sea

    William Kanengiser

    Spin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:40
  • 4:13 AM

    Five Bagatelles

    Gerald Finzi

    Joy and Desolation

    Tesla Quartet

    Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet

    14:52
  • 4:06 AM

    Larghetto

    Neil McKay

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    6:30
  • 4:01 AM

    October Reveries: Elm Trees in Moonlight

    Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    Greg Kostraba, piano

    4:32
  • 3:40 AM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    18:35
  • 3:21 AM

    Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe

    Ravel

    MN Orchestra Live

    16:00
  • 3:13 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess

    Ravel

    MN Orchestra Live

    6:00
  • 2:53 AM

    Jeux, Poème dansé

    Debussy

    MN Orchestra Live

    17:00
  • 2:14 AM

    Rückert Lieder

    Mahler

    MN Orchestra Live

    17:00
  • 2:06 AM

    Blumine, from Symphony No. 1

    Mahler

    MN Orchestra Live

    10:00
  • 1:53 AM

    The Seasons: January (At the Fireside)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:25
  • 1:38 AM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    American Stringbook

    do.gma chamber orchestra

    Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor

    14:46
  • 1:33 AM

    Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods: Light and Quick

    Bruce Broughton

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    3:07
  • 1:10 AM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Murray Perahia, conductor

    Murray Perahia, piano

    Kenneth Sillito, violin

    Jaime Martin, flute

    Jakob Lindberg, theorbo

    21:20
  • 12:59 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:54 AM

    Minnesota Winter

    Jeff Lambert

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 8

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:05
  • 12:29 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    23:19
  • 12:20 AM

    Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Barcarolle

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mother

    Anderson & Roe Piano Duo

    7:57
  • 12:02 AM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    16:17
  • 11:52 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Deliciae Basiliensis": 3rd movement

    Arthur Honegger

    Honegger: Symphonies 2 & 4

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:37 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Ravel: Boler

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    14:02
  • 11:32 PM

    Trombone Concerto

    Henri Tomasi

    All the Lonely People

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    16:31
  • 11:27 PM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Nein, langer trag'...

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marco Armiliato, conductor

    Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

    7:00
  • 11:18 PM

    Octet for Winds

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Rag-Time

    London Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    14:06
  • 11:14 PM

    Dances to Life: Wonder

    Mack Wilberg

    Glory!: Music of Rejoicing

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg, conductor

    2:34
  • 11:02 PM

    32 Variations on an original theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Aldeburgh Recital

    Murray Perahia, piano

    10:31
  • 10:56 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Dances of Spain and Argentina

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    3:42
  • 10:42 PM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Keith Jarrett, harpsichord

    11:54
  • 10:33 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    6:01
  • 10:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    5:23
  • 10:21 PM

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

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    3:43
  • 10:07 PM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Time Loops

    Maya Beiser, cello

    9:37
  • 10:00 PM

    Circus Polka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky, Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:32 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    25:02
  • 9:23 PM

    Voices of Spring Waltz (Fruhlingsstimmen)

    Johann StraussJr.

    F. Schubert: Symphony No. 9

    SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Gielen, conductor

    7:15
  • 9:09 PM

    Passacaglia and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    12:38
  • 9:00 PM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 6:34 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    24:38
  • 6:24 PM

    Joan of Arc: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Overtures and Preludes

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:34
  • 6:12 PM

    Andante e Polacca

    Carl Czerny

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    11:47
  • 6:06 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. III

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    4:02
  • 6:01 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement

    Francois-Joseph Gossec

    Francois-Joseph Gossec: Six Quatuors Avec Flute

    Milliere String Trio

    Patrice Bocquillon, flute

    4:42
  • 5:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 5:29 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    20:45
  • 5:13 PM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Piano Concertos

    Hamburg Philharmonic

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    Christoph Eschenbach, piano

    13:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    6:45
  • 5:01 PM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 4:44 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    14:15
  • 4:39 PM

    Golden Butterflies

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    Federico Mecozzi, violin and viola

    5:51
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 7 "Festklange"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Prometheus, Bergsymphonie, Festklange

    Dresden Philharmonic

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:18
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 10

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Orchestral Spectaculars

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:30
  • 3:53 PM

    The Bohemian Girl: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls

    Michael Balfe

    Elina Garanca: Habanera

    Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra of Milan

    Karel Mark Chichon, conductor

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    4:55
  • 3:51 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:32
  • 3:45 PM

    The Fanatic for Ancient Romans: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:32
  • 3:17 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    8:50
  • 3:08 PM

    8 Variations on a Theme by Count Waldstein

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Amy Hamann, piano

    Sara Hamann, piano

    8:23
  • 3:00 PM

    Son and Stranger Overture (Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Heimkehr aus dem Fremde

    Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:46 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Istvan Kertesz, conductor

    12:28
  • 2:38 PM

    Horn Sonata No. 2

    Luigi Cherubini

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    6:43
  • 2:33 PM

    Three Latin-American Sketches: Dance from Jalisco

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Symphony No. 3

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:25
  • 2:30 PM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:51
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 2: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:11
  • 2:17 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Carillon

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'arlesienne Suites Etc.

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: London Symphonies 93, 94 "The Surprise", & 95

    La Petite Bande

    Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor

    6:50
  • 2:04 PM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:10
  • 1:46 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Christoph Forster

    Telemann: Horn Concerto, Etc.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    12:13
  • 1:40 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Raymonda

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:20
  • 1:36 PM

    La Clemenza di Tito: Torna di Tito a lato

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Tara Erraught, mezzo

    :00
  • 1:31 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:28 PM

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    1:39
  • 1:21 PM

    Piano Trio: Scherzo

    Louise Farrenc

    Her Voice

    Neave Trio

    6:49
  • 1:15 PM

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    4:46
  • 1:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 6

    Tomaso Albinoni

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    7:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:51 PM

    The Anonymous Lover: Overture-Symphony

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    4:45
  • 12:39 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Boris Giltburg, piano

    4:47
  • 12:31 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture; March

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:07
  • 12:26 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 6: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:03
  • 12:21 PM

    Epilogue for Strings

    Donald Fraser

    English Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies No 29, 33, 35, 38, And 41

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:09
  • 12:09 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Torelli, Stradella

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:12
  • 12:04 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    James MacMillan, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    4:08
  • 11:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    12:59
  • 11:34 AM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    Rontgern: Symphony No. 18

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:19 AM

    Concerto Koln

    14:38
  • 11:13 AM

    From Andersen's Fairy-Tales: Barcarolle and Arabesque

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Giorgio Koukl, piano

    4:38
  • 11:06 AM

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    6:20
  • 11:01 AM

    Baiao de Gude

    Paulo Bellinati

    Voyage Central Park

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Lisa Friend, flute

    4:30
  • 10:53 AM

    Rebirth in the Mountains

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:50 AM

    Romantic Song No. 1

    Reza Vali

    Charles Wetherbee, violin

    2:14
  • 10:28 AM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    21:15
  • 10:14 AM

    Splash of Indigo

    Marty Regan

    Blurred Boundaries

    Apollo Chamber Players

    11:32
  • 10:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:01 AM

    Sari Siroun Yar (Beauty of the Mountains)

    Traditional Armenian

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    4:26
  • 9:40 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 9:23 AM

    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    15:32
  • 9:06 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Au-dela du Temps: La lumiere tournante dans le reve

    Yuko Uebayashi

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Tanya Dusevic Witek, flute

    Stephen Gosling, piano

    4:27
  • 8:51 AM

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    7:10
  • 8:25 AM

    String Quartet No. 13

    Nikolay Myaskovsky

    Pacifica String Quartet

    25:36
  • 8:16 AM

    To Become (Divenire)

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    7:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Reverie

    Giulio Regondi

    The Great Regondi, Vol. 2

    David Starobin, guitar

    9:29
  • 8:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    4:28
  • 7:27 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata D 568

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    31:04
  • 7:10 AM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Ensemble Intercontemporain

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Aquarelles / Valerie Milot

    Valerie Milot, harp

    3:24
  • 7:01 AM

    My Vistula, Grey Vistula

    Henryk Gorecki

    Lira Chamber Chorus

    Lucy Ding, conductor

    4:23
  • 6:35 AM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Klami: Karelian Rhapsody, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:35
  • 6:29 AM

    Voyage

    Francois Couturier

    Moderato Cantabile

    Anja Lechner, cello

    5:24
  • 6:06 AM

    Concertante for Flute and Clarinet

    Franz Danzi

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    20:51
  • 6:01 AM

    Four Taiwanese Folk Songs: Rain Night Flower

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    4:22
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