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  • 4:51 AM

    Facades

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Glassmasters

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 4:43 AM

    Maria Falling Away

    Rick Cox

    Rick Cox: Maria Falling Away

    Jeff Elmassian, clarinet

    7:34
  • 4:15 AM

    Stabat Mater Dolorosa

    Jacob Cooper

    String Orchestra of Brooklyn

    Eli Spindel, conductor

    Mellissa Hughes, soprano

    Kate Maroney, mezzo-soprano

    27:22
  • 4:06 AM

    Slowly, Searching

    Alex Shapiro

    Adam Marks, piano

    6:04
  • 4:01 AM

    lumee's dream (Nadia Sirota viola study)

    Ellen Reid

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    4:52
  • 3:51 AM

    Simple Lines

    Bill Ryan

    Ashley Bathgate, cello

    6:17
  • 3:40 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Songlines"

    Michael Ippolito

    Michael Ippolito: Songlines

    Attacca Quartet

    10:33
  • 3:23 AM

    Cello Dreaming

    Peter Sculthorpe

    SCULTHORPE: Irkanda I and IV / Lament / Sonata No. 2 / Cello Dreaming / Djilile

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emma-Jane Murphy, cello

    15:40
  • 3:17 AM

    From the Dreaming: Wildflower

    Phillip Houghton

    Painted Music

    Quatra Duo

    5:13
  • 3:06 AM

    Lines Made By Walking: Up the Mountain

    John Luther Adams

    JACK Quartet

    7:56
  • 3:01 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Contemporary Danish Piano Music

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 2:55 AM

    Barcarolle No. 12

    Gabriel Faure

    A Fauré Recital, Vol. 2

    Louis Lortie, piano

    3:16
  • 2:15 AM

    Don Quixote

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35, Horn Concerto #1 in E Flat Major, Op. 11, Don Juan, Op. 20

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    39:09
  • 2:06 AM

    Madrigal Concerto: Arietta

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Saint Gallen Symphony Orchestra

    John Neschling, conductor

    Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars

    6:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 1:48 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Symphony No. 3, Quiet City

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Philip Smith, trumpet

    10:31
  • 1:41 AM

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 28. Greenwich

    John Cage

    Arditti String Quartet

    5:38
  • 1:20 AM

    Fall River Legend

    Morton Gould

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    20:41
  • 1:15 AM

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Michael Thurber, double bass

    3:37
  • 1:06 AM

    William Bolcom, piano

    7:23
  • 1:01 AM

    The Old Church

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:31
  • 12:40 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:18
  • 12:32 AM

    Five Variations on "I am still in my spring"

    Louis Spohr

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    6:36
  • 12:16 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    14:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

    Ophira Zakai, lute

    Patrick Sepec, cello

    8:48
  • 12:01 AM

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 11:34 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Eurasian Soloists Chamber Orchestra

    Sherniyaz Mussakhan, conductor

    Christoph Croise, cello

    24:52
  • 11:16 PM

    Ports of Call (Escales)

    Jacques Ibert

    Ibert: Ouverture de Fete; Escales; Tropismes

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    15:25
  • 11:14 PM

    El Amor Brujo: Danse de la frayeur

    Manuel de Falla

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    2:09
  • 11:06 PM

    The Olympiad: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:03
  • 11:01 PM

    The Tempest: Rustic Dance

    Ernest Chausson

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:44 PM

    Les Indes Galantes: Prologue

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Orchestral Suite from the Opera-Ballet

    Mercury Baroque

    Antoine Plante, conductor

    14:50
  • 10:36 PM

    Seattle Slew: Belmont Bouree

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    6:45
  • 10:18 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:06
  • 10:13 PM

    The Listeners: Let Your Soul Stand Cool

    Caroline Shaw

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

    3:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Caprice: French Music For Harp

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 9:48 PM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 9:41 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:42
  • 9:24 PM

    Merry Mount Suite

    Howard Hanson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    15:00
  • 9:19 PM

    Appalachian Fantasy

    Tessa Lark

    Fantasy

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:16
  • 9:08 PM

    Drottningholm Suite

    Johan Roman

    Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Halstead, conductor

    9:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    1:36
  • 9:03 PM

    Las Dos Hermanitas (Two Sisters)

    Francisco Tarrega

    An Evening of Guitar Music

    Celedonio Romero, guitar

    2:43
  • 8:52 PM

    Jeux d'eau (Fountains)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    6:01
  • 8:28 PM

    String Quartet No. 55

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Haydn Quartet

    22:22
  • 8:14 PM

    Apollo Ballet Music

    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu, Apollon Musagete, Scherzo Fantastique

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:28
  • 8:06 PM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:48
  • 8:01 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:42 PM

    Grand Variations on "Rule Britannia"

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Piano Concertos, Volume 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Uwe Grodd, conductor

    Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

    15:59
  • 5:01 PM

    Back to School Special

    60:00
  • 4:51 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:16
  • 4:47 PM

    Beloved Sperl Polka

    Johann Strauss, Sr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:48
  • 4:21 PM

    Clarinet Trio

    Johannes Brahms

    Michael Collins, clarinet

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    25:26
  • 4:11 PM

    Brooklyn Rider

    7:14
  • 4:06 PM

    Castor and Pollux: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Castor et Pollux; Purcell: 3 Fantasias

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    5:02
  • 4:01 PM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 3:50 PM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:03
  • 3:24 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Etienne Mehul

    Mehul: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    24:34
  • 3:14 PM

    The Cobblers on the Heath

    Uuno Klami

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    8:11
  • 3:06 PM

    Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)

    Robert Schumann

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    7:28
  • 3:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    William Boyce

    Boyce: The Eight Symphonies

    Menuhin Festival Orchestra

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    4:39
  • 2:48 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:48 PM

    The Wasps: Overture

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:23 PM

    Pibroch Suite

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    23:37
  • 2:19 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canadian Brass

    Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor

    3:37
  • 2:09 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7 / Finlandia

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:59 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Adam: Giselle

    Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    7:13
  • 1:52 PM

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    Jerome Kern

    New York Philharmonic Chamber Soloists

    :00
  • 1:45 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    6:25
  • 1:31 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    13:27
  • 1:28 PM

    Allegretto

    Mauro Giuliani

    David Starobin Performs Mauro Giuliani, Volume Two

    David Starobin, guitar

    2:07
  • 1:20 PM

    Iberia: Lavapies

    Isaac Albeniz

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:17 PM

    Fon-Fon (Toot-Toot)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 1:07 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi x2

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    6:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Blue Bird: Star Dance

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    2:06
  • 12:53 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    5:45
  • 12:44 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Gounod, Thomas, Chabrier

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:07
  • 12:35 PM

    Suite of Old Lettish Dances

    Andrejs Jansons

    Blue Skies

    USAF Band of Flight

    7:36
  • 12:32 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:26
  • 12:24 PM

    The Ballerina in Love: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:37
  • 12:21 PM

    The Listeners: Sail through this to that

    Caroline Shaw

    PBO & Caroline Shaw

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    2:34
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation": 2nd movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:28
  • 12:04 PM

    Violin Partita No. 3: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ray Chen, violin

    3:56
  • 11:53 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fee, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 11:46 AM

    leaves and trees

    Rachel Portman

    Caroline Dale, cello

    Rachel Portman, piano

    5:57
  • 11:44 AM

    Chocolat: Party Preparations

    Rachel Portman

    Chocolate Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    1:29
  • 11:35 AM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 11:31 AM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    3:00
  • 11:25 AM

    The Little Match Girl: Prelude

    August Enna

    Danish National Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    5:28
  • 11:20 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: Symphonies 1-8

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    3:46
  • 11:15 AM

    Song without Words

    John Williams

    John Williams, guitar

    4:00
  • 11:08 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    Anthony Robson, oboe

    Catherine Latham, baroque oboe

    5:40
  • 11:04 AM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Breakfast in Bed

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 10:43 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    15:10
  • 10:36 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Journey to Mozart

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:07
  • 10:30 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    5:25
  • 10:28 AM

    In Our Meadow (Uti var hage)

    Hugo Alfven

    Nordic Light

    Danish National Radio Choir

    Stefan Parkman, conductor

    2:04
  • 10:17 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    10:46
  • 10:09 AM

    Nepomuk's Dances: Memory

    Marcelo Zarvos

    Ethel

    6:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Our Town: Grover's Corners

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Legend No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends, Symphony No. 8

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    4:48
  • 9:43 AM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 9:22 AM

    Four African Dances

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    John Fadial, violin

    Andrew Harley, piano

    18:07
  • 9:19 AM

    Suite: Cowboy Song

    Robert Russell Bennett

    Barn Dances

    Shannon Scott, clarinet

    1:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 9:01 AM

    Souvenirs: Waltz

    Samuel Barber

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Schenck, conductor

    4:28
  • 8:34 AM

    Francesca da Rimini

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    24:10
  • 8:22 AM

    Gantriis-Zimmermann Duo

    11:13
  • 8:09 AM

    Japanese Suite

    Gustav Holst

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    11:33
  • 8:06 AM

    Magic Hour

    Kenji Bunch

    Ahn Trio: Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac

    Ahn Trio

    2:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Solstice: Garden of the Sun

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:21
  • 7:36 AM

    Tamara

    Mily Balakirev

    Danse Macabre

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    22:01
  • 7:20 AM

    Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

    Arturo Rodriguez, conductor

    15:58
  • 7:15 AM

    Brigid's Flame

    Amy Williams

    What Is Left Behind

    Matthew McCright, piano

    3:38
  • 7:06 AM

    Dance Card: Celestial Blue

    Jennifer Higdon

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    7:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Zarabanda Solitaria

    Jon Lord

    Dance

    Smith Quartet

    4:28
  • 6:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    37:04
  • 6:18 AM

    Faith and Hope are Playing

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    1:57
  • 6:16 AM

    The Children are Playing

    Carl Nielsen

    James Galway Plays Nielsen

    James Galway, flute

    2:39
  • 6:06 AM

    O ignis spiritus (O fire of the Paraclete)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Dreams and Prayers

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    8:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 5:47 AM

    Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen

    Estonian Chamber Choir

    Tonu Kaljuste, conductor

    10:54
  • 5:29 AM

    Ballad Without Words

    Kurt Atterberg

    Atterberg: Symphony No. 6, etc.

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor

    18:31
  • 5:16 AM

    Perfectly Voiceless

    Devonte Hynes

    Third Coast Percussion

    11:29
  • 5:06 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral Music

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:25
  • 5:01 AM

    Des Madchens Klage (after Schubert)

    Franz Liszt

    Valentina Lisitsa plays Liszt

    Valentina Lisitsa, piano

    4:24
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