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  • 4:52 AM

    Prayer and Cathedral Vision

    Hoagy Carmichael

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    6:20
  • 4:41 AM

    Skylark Lullaby

    Jennifer Bellor

    Eastman Saxophone Project

    Chien-Kwan Lin, conductor

    10:22
  • 4:34 AM

    Echorus

    Philip Glass

    Two x Four

    Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

    Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    7:07
  • 4:19 AM

    Be Kind to One Another (Rag)

    Terry Riley

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    12:39
  • 4:06 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 4:01 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    Music for Harp

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    4:28
  • 3:49 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    Paul Arden Taylor, English horn

    9:03
  • 3:21 AM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 3:07 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rainbow Body

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:16
  • 3:01 AM

    Amazing Grace

    Traditional

    Serafin String Quartet

    4:35
  • 2:52 AM

    The Cohen Variations

    Daniel Felsenfeld

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    6:40
  • 2:49 AM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Didier Osindero, violin

    Alinka Rowe, viola

    Yong Jun Lee, cello

    3:26
  • 2:26 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Shanghai Quartet

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    21:52
  • 2:06 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    16:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:50 AM

    Summer Seascape No. 2

    Howard Hanson

    Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Spalding, conductor

    Adriana Linares, viola

    8:23
  • 1:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Paul Creston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:00
  • 1:06 AM

    Fantasia on Shenandoah

    Rick Sowash

    Shelburne String Quartet

    John Bell, guitar

    14:15
  • 1:01 AM

    Appalachian Hymnsong

    R. Kevin Paul

    From The Beginning

    da Capo Brass

    4:28
  • 12:47 AM

    New Federal Overture

    James Hewitt

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:56
  • 12:22 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:57
  • 12:10 AM

    Kitty Hawk

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Arnold, conductor

    10:04
  • 12:07 AM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    The American Album

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:03
  • 12:01 AM

    Air and Simple Gifts

    John Williams

    The Music of America: John Williams

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:30
  • 11:22 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite

    Ferde Grofe

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    36:08
  • 11:16 PM

    Seasonal Breezes: Summer Breeeze

    Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    5:06
  • 11:07 PM

    Dayspring

    Dan Locklair

    Dan Locklair: Orchestral Music

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Jozef Zsapka, guitar

    7:50
  • 11:01 PM

    Short Stories: Coyote Nights

    Jennifer Higdon

    Bel Cuore Quartet

    4:39
  • 10:47 PM

    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

    Leonard Bernstein

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    10:52
  • 10:12 PM

    Piano Concerto

    George Gershwin

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    33:36
  • 10:06 PM

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    4:14
  • 10:01 PM

    A Trumpeter's Lullaby; The Typewriter

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Catherine Moore, trumpet

    4:40
  • 9:52 PM

    Festival Overture

    Dudley Buck

    Leonard Slatkin Conducts American Portraits

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:14
  • 9:27 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Ryan Cockerham, conductor

    Er-Gene Kahng, violin

    24:05
  • 9:21 PM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Sautereau

    Robert Spittal

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    3:32
  • 9:07 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 9:01 PM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:49
  • 8:47 PM

    Carousel: Orchestral Suite

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    11:45
  • 8:13 PM

    Billy the Kid

    Aaron Copland

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    32:23
  • 8:10 PM

    Suite: Cowboy Song

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Barn Dances

    Shannon Scott, clarinet

    1:44
  • 8:07 PM

    Fiddler's Jig

    Henry Cowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:16
  • 8:01 PM

    True Grit: Suite

    Elmer Bernstein

    True Grit: Music from the Classic Films of John Wayne

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Bateman, conductor

    4:41
  • 7:46 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:36
  • 4:54 PM

    American Beauty Rag

    Joseph Lamb

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:12
  • 4:25 PM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    The Oak - Mississippi River Suite - Symphony No. 3

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 4:19 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Mist

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    5:35
  • 4:15 PM

    Deep River

    Spiritual

    Helen Chang Haertzen, violin

    Denis Evstuhin, piano

    2:18
  • 4:06 PM

    Negro Folk Symphony: O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like A Morning Star!

    William Dawson

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    8:14
  • 4:01 PM

    Prayer

    Rene Clausen

    Clausen: Choral Works

    Kansas City Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:26
  • 3:36 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ned Rorem

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:06
  • 3:23 PM

    Three American Pieces

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    12:20
  • 3:12 PM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 3:06 PM

    Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)

    Peter Boyer

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    4:53
  • 3:01 PM

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

    J. Rosamond Johnson

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    Matthew Hagle, piano

    4:46
  • 2:41 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 2:23 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Louisville Orchestra

    Jason Seber, conductor

    Teddy Abrams, clarinet

    16:33
  • 2:14 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Helen Chang Haertzen, violin

    Denis Evstuhin, piano

    6:59
  • 2:06 PM

    Born on the Fourth of July

    John Williams

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Thomas Hooten, trumpet

    6:53
  • 2:01 PM

    The Patriot

    Arthur Pryor

    American Serenade Band

    Henry Charles Smith, conductor

    4:50
  • 1:49 PM

    Piano Concerto "In Truth": To One's Self

    Lucas Richman

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lucas Richman, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    9:04
  • 1:30 PM

    Blackberry Winter

    Conni Ellisor

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box

    16:46
  • 1:16 PM

    Mountain Songs

    Robert Beaser

    Alexandra Hawley, flute

    Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

    13:15
  • 1:10 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:00
  • 1:06 PM

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:25
  • 1:01 PM

    Appalachian Hymnsong

    R. Kevin Paul

    From The Beginning

    da Capo Brass

    4:28
  • 12:48 PM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:29
  • 10:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    34:55
  • 10:17 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    Reiko Uchida, piano

    4:44
  • 10:06 AM

    Night Song

    Wayne Barlow

    Eastman Philharmonia

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:01 AM

    i carry your heart

    Eric Whitacre

    Studio Recording

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    4:32
  • 9:50 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    8:06
  • 9:23 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Victor Herbert

    Victor Herbert: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    25:23
  • 9:17 AM

    Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance

    Don Ray

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    5:04
  • 9:07 AM

    Shaker Suite

    Rayburn Wright

    Manhattan Music

    Canadian Brass

    9:43
  • 9:01 AM

    The Bills: William Bolcom

    Carter Pann

    Joel Hastings, piano

    4:50
  • 8:41 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 8:35 AM

    Plea for Peace

    Augusta Read Thomas

    Jennie Oh Brown: Giantess

    Jennie Oh Brown, alto flute

    5:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Getting Hitched

    The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:46
  • 7:45 AM

    For Aaron

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:43
  • 7:26 AM

    Music for Movies ("The City," "Our Town," "Of Mice and Men")

    Aaron Copland

    London Sinfonietta

    Elgar Howarth, conductor

    17:13
  • 7:20 AM

    Into the Light: Flower into Kindness

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Kathlene Ritch, soprano

    5:14
  • 7:06 AM

    Concert Piece for Flute and Harp

    David Diamond

    Glorian Duo

    13:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Dreaming

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    4:43
  • 6:25 AM

    O'Keeffe Images

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    32:49
  • 6:22 AM

    The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: Courante

    Michael Gandolfi

    Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Spectacular

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    1:50
  • 6:06 AM

    American Canvas

    Jennifer Higdon

    Dolce Suono Trio

    14:56
  • 6:01 AM

    Picture Studies: Repetition

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:41 AM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Oregon Symphony

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    17:08
  • 5:32 AM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    American Romantics

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:31
  • 5:11 AM

    Responses, Hosanna and Fugue

    Arnold Rosner

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    David Amos, conductor

    20:06
  • 5:07 AM

    Reflections on Air

    Augusta Gross

    Still Sound

    Bruce Levingston, piano

    3:29
  • 5:01 AM

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    4:46
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