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  • 4:43 AM

    Canon

    Kate Moore

    Kate Moore: Dances and Canons

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:32
  • 4:31 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Himmelhoch jauchzend, zu Tode betrubt": 2nd movement

    Poul Ruders

    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    10:39
  • 4:26 AM

    He, who lets God prevail

    Cyrillus Kreek

    Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

    Vox Clamantis

    Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

    3:52
  • 4:14 AM

    Birds in Warped Time II

    Somei Satoh

    Satoh, Debussy, Messiaen, Takemitsu, Ravel

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:22
  • 4:06 AM

    Strange Birds Passing

    John Luther Adams

    John Luther Adams: Songbirdsongs

    New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble

    John Heiss, conductor

    6:42
  • 4:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 12

    Nick Peros

    Michael Kolk, guitar

    4:40
  • 3:53 AM

    Siggi String Quartet

    4:37
  • 3:18 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Philip Glass

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    33:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Eternity's Sunrise

    Howard Skempton

    HOWARD SKEMPTON: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto, The Moon is Flashing, Eternity's Sunrise

    Ensemble 360

    9:13
  • 3:01 AM

    Synesthesia Suite: Karakurenai (Crimson)

    Andy Akiho

    Andy Akiho, steel pan

    4:26
  • 2:51 AM

    The Piano's 12 Sides: White Moon Over Water

    Carter Pann

    Joel Hastings, piano

    7:22
  • 2:14 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Ives: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    35:37
  • 2:06 AM

    Susannah: Ain't it a pretty night

    Carlisle Floyd

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    5:43
  • 2:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 1:52 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:17 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart; Zuckerman

    Kimball Sykes, clarinet

    33:18
  • 1:10 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Il Furibondo

    Margret Koll, harp

    5:46
  • 1:06 AM

    Tomorrow's Song

    Olafur Arnalds

    The Glass Effect: The Music of Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    3:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les feuilles (Bells through the leaves)

    Claude Debussy

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:52
  • 12:41 AM

    A Downland Suite

    John Ireland

    Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    David Garforth, conductor

    17:30
  • 12:24 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    14:44
  • 12:12 AM

    Festival Overture

    Shi Wanchun

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Mad About Chopin

    Jean-Marc Luisada, piano

    5:34
  • 12:01 AM

    Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani

    Johann Altenburg

    The Sound of Trumpets

    New York Trumpet Ensemble

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:27
  • 11:51 PM

    Valse-Caprice No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:33
  • 11:49 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 11:31 PM

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    20:19
  • 11:18 PM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:20
  • 11:08 PM

    Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:50
  • 11:02 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:51
  • 10:47 PM

    Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    11:54
  • 10:45 PM

    Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

    Spiritual

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    American Spiritual Ensemble

    Everett McCorvey, conductor

    2:18
  • 10:29 PM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Romantic Oboe Concertos

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe

    14:09
  • 10:25 PM

    Shadows

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    3:09
  • 10:22 PM

    Dreaming

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:27
  • 10:05 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    11:47
  • 10:02 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The 5 Browns

    The 5 Browns

    1:21
  • 9:39 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 2

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Quintets I, II, III

    Artaria Quartet

    Richard Savino, guitar

    21:04
  • 9:21 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 9:17 PM

    The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Alexandre Desplat

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    2:45
  • 9:06 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    7:54
  • 9:00 PM

    Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:51
  • 8:44 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:36
  • 8:36 PM

    Sonata for 3 Violins

    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    A Tre Violini

    Stradivaria

    6:58
  • 8:30 PM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:07 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    22:13
  • 8:00 PM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Alexander Borodin

    White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:25
  • 5:49 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 5:46 PM

    The Mischievous Angel

    Pablo Casals

    Tabea Zimmermann, viola

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:54
  • 5:33 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    11:21
  • 5:12 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    Timothy Brown, horn

    18:23
  • 5:06 PM

    Ballade "About Olden Times"

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    5:53
  • 5:01 PM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:45
  • 4:47 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 5

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    11:53
  • 4:30 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Gordon Jacob

    The Edge of Space

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    Robert Thompson, bassoon

    15:11
  • 4:25 PM

    Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Erica Ramallo Lucini, violin

    Marian Herrero, viola

    Simon Veis, cello

    Daniel Del Pino, piano

    3:53
  • 4:17 PM

    Overture No. 1

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    9:49
  • 4:01 PM

    Dances from Terpsichore

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:25
  • 3:43 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 3:19 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Miro Quartet

    22:09
  • 3:14 PM

    Beautiful, Wonderful Eyes

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    3:34
  • 3:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Barber of Seville (highlights)

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:04
  • 3:01 PM

    Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:34
  • 2:50 PM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    8:10
  • 2:47 PM

    L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 8 for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:30
  • 2:38 PM

    Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex"

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Symphonic Variations & Morning Song

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    8:10
  • 2:35 PM

    Serenade d'automne

    Cecile Chaminade

    Double Trouble

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    2:40
  • 2:22 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    12:16
  • 2:11 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    10:04
  • 1:59 PM

    An Outdoor Overture

    Aaron Copland

    Portraits of Freedom: Copland, Harris

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    9:15
  • 1:56 PM

    Hilary's Hoedown

    Mark-Anthony Turnage

    In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    1:52
  • 1:42 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:01
  • 1:33 PM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 1:29 PM

    Into the Blue: Bluegrass Breakdown

    Greg Danner

    Cumberland Quintet

    2:35
  • 1:21 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:18 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: Balletto

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    2:57
  • 1:08 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    5:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:24
  • 12:53 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    6:00
  • 12:44 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango": Fandango

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dance Party!

    Escher String Quartet

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    7:11
  • 12:30 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

    London Sinfonietta

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Richard Watkins, horn

    12:40
  • 12:25 PM

    La Vida Breve: Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:25
  • 12:22 PM

    Firefly

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Night

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:37
  • 12:08 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 12:04 PM

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande, Dolly Suite, Etc

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    3:09
  • 11:51 AM

    Oreste: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:48 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era

    I Salonisti

    2:50
  • 11:42 AM

    The Maiden's Wish

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes and 6 Polish Songs

    Luiza Borac, piano

    4:07
  • 11:34 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Op 22 & 44

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:56
  • 11:30 AM

    Andrew Lawrence-King, harp

    Pedro Estevan, percussion

    3:32
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:15 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Silver Violin

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:37
  • 11:09 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Morning": 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 82

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    5:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    4:09
  • 10:48 AM

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:31
  • 10:44 AM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 10:38 AM

    Three-Part Sinfonias Nos. 8, 11, 14

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    5:06
  • 10:30 AM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    7:00
  • 10:26 AM

    Angry Birds Theme

    Ari Pulkkinen

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    3:11
  • 10:18 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Josep Pons, conductor

    7:47
  • 10:10 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement

    Kurt Atterberg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:05
  • 10:06 AM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Jacqueline Du Pre, cello

    Osian Ellis, harp

    2:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:37
  • 9:46 AM

    Now Ensemble

    13:23
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    17:00
  • 9:21 AM

    Eternal Song

    Gerard Drozd

    Hemispheres

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:19
  • 9:06 AM

    For Aaron

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:43
  • 9:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 8:35 AM

    The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

    Igor Stravinsky

    London Sinfonietta

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    23:38
  • 8:24 AM

    Middleground

    Shelley Washington

    PUBLIQuartet

    9:16
  • 8:18 AM

    Playground Dreams

    Ed Bland

    Judith Olson, piano

    5:22
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Awakening of Spring": 2nd movement

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard, R.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:10
  • 8:01 AM

    Quartet San Francisco

    Jeremy Cohen, violin

    Kayo Miki, violin

    Emily Onderdonk, viola

    Joel Cohen, cello

    4:37
  • 7:44 AM

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    14:17
  • 7:38 AM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 7:25 AM

    The Green Fuse

    James Wilson

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Anthony Parnther, conductor

    10:58
  • 7:06 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Andras Schiff, piano

    18:10
  • 7:01 AM

    Red Dragonfly

    Kosaku Yamada

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:47
  • 6:21 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Antonin Dvorak

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    37:35
  • 6:15 AM

    Fantasie Negre No. 4

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    4:45
  • 6:06 AM

    Pieta, Signore

    Alessandro Stradella

    Premieres of the Old and New

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    Meir Rimon, horn

    7:31
  • 6:01 AM

    Solstice: Garden of the Sun

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:21
  • 5:31 AM

    The River Suite

    Duke Ellington

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    26:48
  • 5:15 AM

    Disguises: M.A.s.q.u.e.

    Jon Lord

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    14:17
  • 5:06 AM

    Etude No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Lavinia Meijer, harp

    8:08
  • 5:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
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