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  • 4:42 AM

    A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace

    Derek Bermel

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    16:23
  • 4:34 AM

    Maqamat

    Ami Maayani

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    6:27
  • 4:25 AM

    The Flowers of Esfahan

    Colin Jacobsen

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:18
  • 4:18 AM

    Three Pieces after Byzantine Hymns: No. 2

    Vassilis Tsabropoulos

    Anja Lechner, cello

    Vassilis Tsabropoulos, piano

    4:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Darkness in the Ancient Valley: Benediction

    Richard Danielpour

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    10:49
  • 4:01 AM

    Mkhammas Suite: Ya Fajr

    Layale Chaker

    Inner Rhyme

    Sarafand

    Layale Chaker, violin

    4:44
  • 3:41 AM

    Lauda

    Peteris Vasks

    Music of Peteris Vasks

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    17:39
  • 3:37 AM

    Ethel

    2:45
  • 3:30 AM

    The Games: Spaceship

    Meredith Monk

    Bang on a Can All-Stars

    4:18
  • 3:17 AM

    Freeform

    Glenn Branca

    Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

    Christian von Borries, conductor

    11:44
  • 3:11 AM

    Moto Perpetuo

    Behzad Ranjbaran

    Ranjbaran: Awakening; Elegies

    Sejong Soloists

    4:32
  • 3:06 AM

    Music for Wood and Strings: Section 1

    Bryce Dessner

    So Percussion

    4:03
  • 3:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Never Sing Before Breakfast

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:44
  • 2:43 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 2:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 6th movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Benjamin Zander, conductor

    23:15
  • 2:12 AM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Spanish Suite: Granada

    Isaac Albeniz

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    5:01
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:51 AM

    Moses Variations

    Niccolo Paganini

    Gil Shaham, violin

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    7:15
  • 1:18 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    31:15
  • 1:12 AM

    Spring: Awaiting

    Josef Suk

    Josef Suk: Piano Works

    Jonathan Plowright, piano

    4:10
  • 1:06 AM

    Empire Brass

    Michael Murray, organ

    5:48
  • 1:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 12:39 AM

    Evocation (Yizkor)

    Paul Ben-Haim

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Philippe Bach, conductor

    Itamar Zorman, violin

    19:19
  • 12:23 AM

    Ballade

    Gabriel Faure

    A Fauré Recital, Vol. 2

    Louis Lortie, piano

    14:34
  • 12:11 AM

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images pour Orchestre

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 12:06 AM

    The Stone Host Suite: Spanish Dance

    Myroslav Skoryk

    SKORYK, M.: Carpathian Concerto / Diptych / Violin Concerto No. 7 / Cello Concerto

    Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

    Hobart Earle, conductor

    4:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:43 PM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 11:43 PM

    Five Pieces for String Orchestra

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:15
  • 11:35 PM

    Passover Psalm

    Erich Korngold

    Zemlinsky, Korngold, Bloch: Psalms / Viotti

    Bavarian Radio Chorus

    Marcello Viotti, conductor

    9:10
  • 11:26 PM

    La Procession del Rocio

    Joaquin Turina

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    8:19
  • 11:03 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:00
  • 11:03 PM

    A Scotts Tune; A Scots Tune; Swit Sant Nickola

    Anonymous Scottish

    softLOUD

    Sean Shibe, guitar

    4:49
  • 10:57 PM

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    5:11
  • 10:46 PM

    Concerto for Two Mandolins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    James Tyler, mandolin

    Robin Jeffrey, mandolin

    10:05
  • 10:31 PM

    Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:12
  • 10:24 PM

    Gravity

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    5:27
  • 10:11 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    6:29
  • 10:04 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:48
  • 9:46 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 9:40 PM

    La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare

    Paul Dukas

    Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. II

    New York Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    2:24
  • 9:22 PM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 9:16 PM

    High Life for Nine Instruments

    David Byrne

    David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk

    Balanescu String Quartet

    4:33
  • 9:03 PM

    Festival Overture

    Shi Wanchun

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    10:31
  • 9:00 PM

    Canzon Septimi et Octavi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Empire Brass

    2:19
  • 8:55 PM

    Suite No. 4: March

    Jules Massenet

    Massenet: Scenes Alsaciennes, Scenes Pittoresques, Etc

    Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:49
  • 8:45 PM

    Aghavni (Doves)

    Mary Kouyoumdjian

    Shift

    Nicholas Phillips, piano

    8:53
  • 8:38 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, etc.

    Borodin Quartet

    5:36
  • 8:05 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    31:41
  • 8:00 PM

    Algerian Suite: French Military March

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Francis Travis, conductor

    4:13
  • 5:50 PM

    Overture on Hebrew Themes

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    8:30
  • 5:31 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    17:41
  • 5:27 PM

    The Cuckoo

    Traditional Swiss

    Rhapsody in Brass

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:29
  • 5:06 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    20:31
  • 5:01 PM

    Cello Concerto: Fugue

    Giovanni Platti

    Ensemble Cordia

    Stefano Veggetti, cello

    4:36
  • 4:51 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 4:18 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenades

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    31:07
  • 4:14 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:22
  • 4:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pas de Deux - Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    7:17
  • 4:01 PM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:31
  • 3:50 PM

    Fantasia on "Un Ballo in Maschera"

    Giuseppe Martucci

    Pietro Spada, piano

    Giorgio Cozzolino, piano

    8:33
  • 3:19 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    My Magic Flute

    Sinfonia Varsovia

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    29:14
  • 3:12 PM

    Little dove

    Ivan Khandoshkin

    KHANDOSHKIN: 3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 3 / 6 Russian Songs

    Anastasia Khitruk, violin

    5:05
  • 3:06 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 3:01 PM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:52 PM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 2:51 PM

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor Overture

    Eric Fenby

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    6:35
  • 2:36 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    14:12
  • 2:15 PM

    Concert Piece for Four Horns

    Robert Schumann

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Dale Clevenger, horn

    18:48
  • 2:05 PM

    Violin Concerto: Finale

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:25
  • 1:58 PM

    Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances

    Razumovsky Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    Norbert Kraft, guitar

    4:30
  • 1:48 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Birth of Venus

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    4:42
  • 1:47 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: La Primavera (Spring)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:33
  • 1:44 PM

    My Sweetheart's like Venus

    Gustav Holst

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    1:53
  • 1:36 PM

    The Olympiad: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:03
  • 1:30 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms

    Melos Ensemble

    Gervase de Peyer, clarinet

    4:46
  • 1:21 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 3

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    8:04
  • 1:17 PM

    The Birds: The Hen

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:47
  • 1:08 PM

    Passover Suite

    Traditional Jewish

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    6:17
  • 1:04 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    The 20th Century Album

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    2:16
  • 12:52 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:42
  • 12:47 PM

    Polka V.R.

    Franz Behr

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:40
  • 12:33 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    12:34
  • 12:29 PM

    Romantic Pieces: Cavatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:24 PM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    4:16
  • 12:20 PM

    A Sense of Symmetry

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi, piano

    Redi Hasa, cello

    2:34
  • 12:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:05 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Alain Trudel, trombone

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    2:02
  • 11:50 AM

    An Italian Straw Hat: Pas de deux; Coda

    Michael Torke

    National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

    Ormsby Wilkins, conductor

    8:37
  • 11:44 AM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    RAVEL, M.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:09
  • 11:35 AM

    Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    7:11
  • 11:30 AM

    Piano Quintet "Trout": Scherzo

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Trout Quintet in A; Hummel: Quintet in E-flat

    Schubert Ensemble of London

    4:06
  • 11:23 AM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 11:18 AM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:16 AM

    Soirees Musicales: Tarantella

    Benjamin Britten

    Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    1:58
  • 11:08 AM

    Nonetto: 3rd movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    5:31
  • 11:04 AM

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    3:20
  • 10:50 AM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    The Latin Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:01
  • 10:36 AM

    Divertimento for Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade K388; Divertimenti

    London Wind Soloists

    Jack Brymer, conductor

    12:44
  • 10:28 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Sheherazade, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    7:31
  • 10:22 AM

    Six Pieces: Slava

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    5:39
  • 10:16 AM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 10:10 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:06 AM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger 'Country Gardens' and other Piano Favourites

    Martin Jones, piano

    3:13
  • 10:01 AM

    Festival March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Kongen / Vasantasena / Tordenskjold

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Terje Mikkelsen, conductor

    4:27
  • 9:41 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    16:57
  • 9:28 AM

    Fantaisie on Themes from Weber's Der Freischutz

    Paul Taffanel

    Cavatina At The Opera / Cavatina Duo

    Cavatina Duo

    11:58
  • 9:21 AM

    Joanne Polk, piano

    5:07
  • 9:06 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Hagai Shaham, violin

    14:16
  • 9:01 AM

    Flowers of the Forest

    Anonymous

    Baltimore Consort

    4:35
  • 8:41 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Scene

    Hector Berlioz

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    16:41
  • 8:33 AM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Wiener Virtuosen

    7:41
  • 8:11 AM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Daniele Gatti, conductor

    20:41
  • 8:06 AM

    Heartstrings

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Vasily Kalinnikov

    Rachmoninoff: Symphony No. 3, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:23
  • 7:25 AM

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:52
  • 7:16 AM

    Play of the Elves

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:42
  • 7:11 AM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Berceuse sfaradite (Sephardic Lullaby)

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Stokowski Stereo Collection: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6, Khachaturian - Symphony No. 3

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    3:44
  • 7:01 AM

    Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante

    Yasushi Akutagawa

    Japanese Orchestral Favourites

    Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

    Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:29 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    29:20
  • 6:17 AM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    9:54
  • 6:06 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    10:36
  • 6:01 AM

    The Moon

    William S Lloyd Webber

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    4:26
  • 5:34 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    Dvorak and Schumann: Cello Concertos

    Stuttgart Philharmonic

    Radoslav Szulc, conductor

    Pablo Ferrandez, cello

    23:46
  • 5:28 AM

    Suite Colombiana No. 3: The Song of the Dreamer

    Gentil Montana

    Guitar Music of Colombia

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    5:02
  • 5:06 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, Billy the Kid

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Aaron Copland, conductor

    20:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Pavane and Gigue

    William Byrd

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:32
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