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  • 4:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    29:24
  • 4:25 AM

    Midnight Conga

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    3:04
  • 4:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 4:01 AM

    The Wind (El Viento)

    Mario Armengol

    Jardin Des Paons

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    4:28
  • 3:42 AM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    15:57
  • 3:31 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 3:18 AM

    Quiet Reflections

    Jack Gallagher

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    12:01
  • 3:07 AM

    Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Jean-Marie Londeix, saxophone

    10:01
  • 3:01 AM

    Star Sonnet

    Daniel Elder

    Westminster Choir College

    Joe Miller, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:50 AM

    String Quartet Set: Rondeaux

    Lou Harrison

    Kronos Quartet

    8:19
  • 2:12 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Paul Lewis, piano

    36:31
  • 2:06 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Panorama

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    4:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 1:41 AM

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite

    Leos Janacek

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    17:40
  • 1:33 AM

    Alfonsina y el Mar (Alfonsina and the Sea)

    Ariel Ramirez

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:56
  • 1:21 AM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Maria Larionoff, violin

    10:40
  • 1:03 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Nikolai Medtner

    Medtner: Works for Piano, Vol. 1

    Geoffrey Tozer, piano

    2:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Nikolai Medtner

    Geoffrey Tozer, piano

    2:28
  • 12:49 AM

    Carnival Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: New World Symphony,

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:55
  • 12:19 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Emil Mlynarski

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    28:47
  • 12:14 AM

    Mazurka No. 40

    Frederic Chopin

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    2:39
  • 12:06 AM

    Serenata No. 5

    James Oswald

    Chatham Baroque

    8:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    4:45
  • 11:28 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    30:44
  • 11:13 PM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Svendsen, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

    12:41
  • 11:11 PM

    March for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    1:23
  • 11:06 PM

    The Prophet: Coronation March

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:36
  • 11:01 PM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Tashi

    4:45
  • 10:50 PM

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Theodor Guschlbauer, conductor

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    8:29
  • 10:12 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    36:33
  • 10:07 PM

    Growing Dusky Polska

    Maria Kalaniemi

    Over Land And Sea

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    4:05
  • 10:01 PM

    4 Pieces: No. 2. Autumn Night

    Wanda Landowska

    The Salon of Polish Women Composers

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:34
  • 9:41 PM

    Suite Lyrique

    John Rutter

    Sinfonia Cymru

    John Rutter, conductor

    Catrin Finch, harp

    17:22
  • 9:18 PM

    Symphony No. 87

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:14
  • 9:13 PM

    Life

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:15
  • 9:07 PM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:27
  • 9:01 PM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:26
  • 8:52 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    6:09
  • 8:25 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Towards the Mountains"

    Eivind Groven

    Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Szilvay, conductor

    26:02
  • 8:18 PM

    When My Eye, Tired By Toil

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    Helga Gunnes, soprano

    5:09
  • 8:07 PM

    The Elf's Hill: Overture

    Friedrich Kuhlau

    Kuhlau: Overtures

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Schonwandt, conductor

    11:13
  • 8:01 PM

    Sari Siroun Yar (Beauty of the Mountains)

    Traditional Armenian

    Lara St. John, violin

    Matt Herskowitz, piano

    4:26
  • 7:34 PM

    Variations on a Hungarian Folksong

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Georg Solti, conductor

    24:02
  • 7:17 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote; Till Euenspiegel

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    15:57
  • 7:13 PM

    Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar

    3:04
  • 7:06 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Fasch

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    6:10
  • 7:01 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "The Carnival": 1st movement

    Alfred Hill

    Alfred Hill: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 10

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra

    Wilfred Lehmann, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:45 PM

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    12:23
  • 6:19 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Max Bruch

    Max Bruch: Concerto No. 2; Scottish Fantasy

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    James Ehnes, violin

    25:05
  • 6:06 PM

    Faust Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    11:33
  • 6:01 PM

    The Deliberations of the Gods: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:45
  • 5:35 PM

    Shakespeare Suite No. 1

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    23:05
  • 5:15 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 5

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

    Fazil Say, piano

    17:35
  • 5:09 PM

    The Thracian Lovers: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 6

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    Barbora Tomeckova, oboe

    5:05
  • 5:06 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    The World of the Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    2:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:46
  • 4:49 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:39
  • 4:29 PM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: 11 Modlinger Dances; 12 German Dances; 12 Minuets

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    18:42
  • 4:11 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Hindemith, Prokofiev, Bartok

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    16:05
  • 4:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    Romantic Dances for Piano Duet

    Duo Turgeon

    2:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Cello Concerto: Fugue

    Giovanni Platti

    Platti: Cello Concertos

    Ensemble Cordia

    Stefano Veggetti, cello

    4:38
  • 3:55 PM

    Singin' in the Rain: Main Theme

    Nacio Herb Brown

    Salute: Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 3:50 PM

    On the Town: Times Square, 1944

    Leonard Bernstein

    American Visions

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    5:09
  • 3:46 PM

    Chicago: All That Jazz

    John Kander

    Oscar And Tony: Award-Winning Music From The Stage And Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:23
  • 3:35 PM

    On Your Toes: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

    Richard Rodgers

    On Stage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:47
  • 3:30 PM

    West Side Story: Mambo

    Leonard Bernstein

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    2:28
  • 3:26 PM

    West Side Story: "Cool"

    Leonard Bernstein

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    4:01
  • 3:10 PM

    Tribute to Fred Astaire

    Alexander Courage

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    8:29
  • 3:07 PM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Russell: Carnival of the Animals

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    Jonathan Gunn, clarinet

    2:49
  • 3:01 PM

    West Side Story: Overture

    Leonard Bernstein

    Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    4:41
  • 2:55 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Affinity

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:57
  • 2:44 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    10:34
  • 2:26 PM

    Guitar Concerto "Affinity"

    Chris Brubeck

    Affinity

    Maryland Symphony Orchestra

    Elizabeth Schulze, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    16:02
  • 2:12 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:49
  • 2:06 PM

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:19
  • 1:44 PM

    CBC Vancouver Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    Stephane Lemelin, piano

    13:44
  • 1:21 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Suite No. 2, 2 Concertos

    Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

    Jorg Faerber, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    20:47
  • 1:12 PM

    Greenlandic Folk Music

    Emil Reesen

    Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Bo Holten, conductor

    6:55
  • 1:09 PM

    On a Quiet Lake

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:01
  • 1:06 PM

    Swan Lake: Lake by Moonlight

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:36
  • 12:47 PM

    Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    10:57
  • 12:14 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Serenade No. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    31:50
  • 12:06 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Il Furibondo

    Margret Koll, harp

    5:46
  • 12:01 PM

    Three Chinese Folk Songs

    Zhou Long

    Shanghai Quartet

    4:43
  • 11:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:07
  • 11:37 AM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Viktor Fedotov, conductor

    Vanessa-Mae, violin

    8:22
  • 11:29 AM

    For Mattia

    Douwe Eisenga

    Beyond the Horizon: New Music for Lever Harp

    Lauren Scott, harp

    7:59
  • 11:13 AM

    Finding Rothko

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    14:48
  • 11:06 AM

    Prelude No. 3

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    5:35
  • 11:01 AM

    Lotus Land

    Cyril Scott

    Nancy Ruffer, flute

    Helen Crayford, piano

    4:51
  • 10:34 AM

    La Mer (The Sea)

    Claude Debussy

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:03
  • 10:25 AM

    Prince and the Mermaid Suite

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    7:24
  • 10:12 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Impromptu No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp

    5:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Forest Clearing

    Sigurd Islandsmoen

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    4:26
  • 9:41 AM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Ramin Bahrami, piano

    17:25
  • 9:26 AM

    Everything Lasts Forever

    Michael Kurth

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    13:22
  • 9:20 AM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:31
  • 9:07 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 9:01 AM

    She's Like the Swallow

    Traditional English

    Mark Small, guitar

    Robert Torres, guitar

    Nancy Hair, cello

    Kathy Halvorson, oboe

    4:21
  • 8:48 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 8:30 AM

    Cinnamon Grove

    Nathaniel Dett

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

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    17:30
  • 8:23 AM

    Secret of Mana

    Hiroki Kikuta

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Game Music

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:59
  • 8:06 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 2

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:55
  • 8:01 AM

    Prelude No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    4:39
  • 7:54 AM

    Meditations on Li Po: ...and now the last cloud drains away

    Stephen Paulus

    Mandala: Meditations On The Wholeness Of Being

    The Esoterics

    Eric Banks, conductor

    4:19
  • 7:44 AM

    White Landscapes

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    John Barrow, flute

    9:30
  • 7:35 AM

    Viaje

    Zhou Tian

    American Canvas

    Dolce Suono Trio

    9:37
  • 7:06 AM

    The Blue Pearl

    Erkki Melartin

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    26:15
  • 7:01 AM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Pro Arte Guitar Trio

    4:21
  • 6:42 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 6:20 AM

    6 Pieces for Violin and Piano

    Amanda Rontgen-Maier

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin

    Barbara Moser, piano

    21:52
  • 6:06 AM

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    12:07
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K320 & K239, Divertimento K136

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:24
  • 5:39 AM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    18:51
  • 5:33 AM

    Wisteria

    Ilari Kaila

    The Bells Bow Down

    Aizuri Quartet

    6:16
  • 5:29 AM

    Recurring Dream

    Angelica Negron

    America Again

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 5:06 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 5:01 AM

    Suite for Strings: Heading North

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    4:24
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