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  • 4:27 AM

    Meditations on a Theme of John Blow

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Meditations on a Theme of John Blow; Checkmate; Adam Zero

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    31:42
  • 4:22 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Josef Rheinberger

    Monteverdi Choir

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    3:36
  • 4:06 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    14:43
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:34
  • 3:46 AM

    Dark Forest

    Rick Sowash

    Josh Aerie, cello

    Greg Kostraba, piano

    12:21
  • 3:21 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    23:54
  • 3:17 AM

    Milonga

    Maximo Diego Pujol

    Sound of Silence

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Late Swallows

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    9:28
  • 3:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 2:42 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Novak, V.: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:21
  • 2:22 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 2:10 AM

    Serenade No. 3

    Sandor Kuti

    Silenced Voices

    Black Oak Ensemble

    10:17
  • 2:06 AM

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    Michael Murray, organ

    4:03
  • 2:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:45
  • 1:48 AM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:14
  • 1:12 AM

    Piano Trio

    Louise Farrenc

    Her Voice

    Neave Trio

    34:37
  • 1:06 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Maria Graf, harp

    4:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 12:47 AM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Jean-Philippe Collard, piano

    10:47
  • 12:24 AM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphony No.86, in D (1786)

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:13
  • 12:22 AM

    Widmung (Dedication)

    Robert Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    2:13
  • 12:14 AM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Escales: French Orchestral Works

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    6:02
  • 12:06 AM

    The Italian Girl in London: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Sonatine: Modere

    Maurice Ravel

    Arcata String Quartet

    Don Bailey, flute

    Grace Paradise, harp

    4:41
  • 11:46 PM

    Quartet in a minor, Op. 132: Molto adagio - Andante

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Medici String Quartet

    12:00
  • 11:45 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:02
  • 11:37 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    James Levine, conductor

    7:36
  • 11:30 PM

    Two Epitaphios

    Mikis Theodorakis

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    6:17
  • 11:11 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    15:39
  • 10:54 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Dances from Aleko, Scherzo

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:44
  • 10:42 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:57
  • 10:37 PM

    Down a Country Lane

    Aaron Copland

    Home For The Harvest

    New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

    Frank Battisti, conductor

    2:58
  • 10:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphony No. 5 The Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    11:38
  • 10:13 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement

    Henryk Gorecki

    Gorecki: Symphony No. 3

    London Sinfonietta

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    9:26
  • 9:48 PM

    Partita No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    22:54
  • 9:31 PM

    Sinfonia Domestica: Finale

    Richard Strauss

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    14:09
  • 9:17 PM

    Miserere

    Gregorio Allegri

    The Best of The Tallis Scholars

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    12:19
  • 9:02 PM

    Oboe Quartet

    Malcolm Arnold

    Malcolm Arnold Chamber Music 3

    Nash Ensemble

    11:45
  • 8:57 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 8:51 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    London Chamber Orchestra

    5:17
  • 8:47 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Esenvalds: Northern Lights and Other Choral Works

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:42
  • 8:28 PM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andrew Litton, piano

    17:02
  • 8:18 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    8:07
  • 8:07 PM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    9:41
  • 8:00 PM

    O, Colored Earth

    Steve Heitzeg

    Earthworks: Music in honor of nature

    House of Hope Children's Choir

    4:55
  • 5:40 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    18:24
  • 5:23 PM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 25: Theatre and Ballet Music

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:01
  • 5:11 PM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    11:07
  • 5:06 PM

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Transcriptions, 2

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:34
  • 5:01 PM

    A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

    John Rutter

    Blessing

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    4:43
  • 4:40 PM

    Symphony Concertante No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    J.C. Bach: Orchestral Works

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Simon Standage, conductor

    18:22
  • 4:17 PM

    In The South Overture (Alassio)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    21:18
  • 4:13 PM

    Spring Song

    Frank Bridge

    Heath Quartet

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    2:16
  • 4:06 PM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 4:01 PM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 3:50 PM

    Carnival of Venice

    Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Maurice Andre: La Belle Epoque

    Paris National Guard Orchestra

    Claude Pichaureau, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    8:01
  • 3:26 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    22:17
  • 3:23 PM

    The Magic Box

    Francis Bebey

    The Magic Box

    John Williams, guitar

    3:09
  • 3:16 PM

    A Welcome March

    Charles Stanford

    Stanford | A Song of Agincourt & other works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    5:15
  • 3:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, violin

    Karen Marie Marmer, violin

    9:08
  • 3:01 PM

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    4:42
  • 2:48 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 2:47 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Popular Operatic Overtures

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:45
  • 2:04 PM

    Six Studies in English Folk Song

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Eileen Croxford, cello

    David Parkhouse, piano

    9:23
  • 1:59 PM

    Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:40
  • 1:50 PM

    Good Friday Procession

    Henri Tomasi

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    8:00
  • 1:39 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Saint Cecilia Academy

    Luka Sulic, cello

    8:10
  • 1:34 PM

    Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano: Irelandaise

    Claude Bolling

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Claude Bolling, piano

    :00
  • 1:31 PM

    Swedish Polka

    Hugo Alfven

    European Light Music Classics

    New London Orchestra

    Ronald Corp, conductor

    2:25
  • 1:28 PM

    Musette en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Christopher O'Riley, piano

    2:22
  • 1:20 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    6:32
  • 1:18 PM

    Estampie

    Anonymous

    Calliope

    1:52
  • 1:07 PM

    The Conspirators (or, The Domestic War): Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Dorati Conducts Brahms and Enesco

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    2:11
  • 12:51 PM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:25
  • 12:46 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: L'amour, l'amour! ... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!

    Charles Gounod

    The Romantic Hero

    RAI National Symphony Orchestra

    Evelino Pido, conductor

    Vittorio Grigolo, tenor

    4:16
  • 12:36 PM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 12:32 PM

    Jenny's Welcome Home to Charlie

    Traditional

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    2:39
  • 12:24 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Larson: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:20 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:16 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Salut Salon

    3:27
  • 12:07 PM

    The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters: Redowa

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    7:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:43 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    14:55
  • 11:39 AM

    10 National Airs with Variations: No. 2 "Bonny laddie, highland laddie"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    Enrico Pace, piano

    2:38
  • 11:35 AM

    10 National Airs with Variations: No. 6 "Merch Megan"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos | Beethoven

    Leonidas Kavakos, violin

    3:51
  • 11:29 AM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:20
  • 11:18 AM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    9:19
  • 11:16 AM

    Mr Ben Jonson's Pleasure

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    1:53
  • 11:08 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Campanae Parisienses/Aria

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    5:44
  • 11:04 AM

    Lieutenant Kije: Troika

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Pops a la Russe

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:04
  • 10:49 AM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    9:56
  • 10:40 AM

    Five Yunnan Folk Songs

    Jian-Zhong Wang

    Shanghai Quartet

    6:43
  • 10:25 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:55
  • 10:19 AM

    Rolf Lislevand & Ensemble

    5:14
  • 10:09 AM

    Reveille

    Tony Banks

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Nick Ingman, conductor

    8:56
  • 10:06 AM

    Waltz No. 6 "Minute"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin I Love

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    1:47
  • 10:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:53 AM

    Queen's Goodnight

    William Byrd

    Phantasm

    5:25
  • 9:20 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    31:12
  • 9:13 AM

    Hymnus for 12 Cellos

    Julius Klengel

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    5:10
  • 9:06 AM

    Ensemble Clarimonia

    Charles Neidich, clarinet

    6:19
  • 9:01 AM

    Out of the Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:33
  • 8:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    43:02
  • 8:06 AM

    String Circle: Ballad

    Kenji Bunch

    Boiling Point: Music Of Kenji Bunch

    ALIAS Chamber Ensemble

    7:30
  • 8:01 AM

    Elora Festival Singers

    Noel Edison, conductor

    4:24
  • 7:41 AM

    Hardanger Fiddle Concerto No. 2 "Three Fjords"

    Geirr Tveitt

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    Sigbjorn Bernhoft Osa, fiddle

    18:01
  • 7:30 AM

    Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

    David Leisner, guitar

    10:05
  • 7:23 AM

    Earthly Angels

    5:05
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite in the Ancient Style

    Vincent d'Indy

    Vincent D'Indy

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    16:19
  • 7:01 AM

    Arabesque

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:26
  • 6:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 6:35 AM

    Gumboots: Part 1

    David Bruce

    Carducci Quartet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    11:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Idyll for String Orchestra

    Leos Janacek

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:28
  • 6:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Fantasien

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:22
  • 5:50 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:08
  • 5:23 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Horszowski Trio

    26:53
  • 5:06 AM

    Rush

    Kenneth Fuchs

    Fuchs: Piano Concerto "Spiritualist"

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Timothy McAllister, saxophone

    14:51
  • 5:01 AM

    Humoreske

    Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Bohemia

    Acelga Quintet

    4:20
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