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  • 5:41 AM

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima"

    Philip Glass

    Smith Quartet

    16:03
  • 5:37 AM

    Madame Press Died Last Week at 90

    Morton Feldman

    A Second of Silence

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    3:32
  • 5:32 AM

    The Slow Descent Has Begun

    Dustin O'Halloran/Adam Wiltzie

    A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    4:56
  • 5:20 AM

    Chasing Shadows

    Giovanni Piacentini

    Chiaroscuro

    Tim Fain, violin

    9:48
  • 5:06 AM

    String Orchestra of Brooklyn

    Eli Spindel, conductor

    12:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Final State

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    4:32
  • 4:48 AM

    Known By Heart

    Christopher Tignor

    Christopher Tignor, violin

    9:25
  • 4:33 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    American Mirrors

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 4:20 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:44
  • 4:13 AM

    Alber Ayler (His Life was too Short)

    Leroy Jenkins

    Tomeka Reid, cello

    Alexander Hawkins, piano

    5:02
  • 4:06 AM

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    6:01
  • 4:01 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Silver Rain

    Valerie Coleman

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    4:48
  • 3:39 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    19:15
  • 3:20 AM

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works 5

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    17:47
  • 3:10 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz

    The Harp in the Vienna of Maria Theresa

    Margret Koll, harp

    8:02
  • 3:06 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:21
  • 3:01 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    4:36
  • 2:47 AM

    Viola da gamba Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kim Kashkashian, viola

    Keith Jarrett, harpsichord

    11:54
  • 2:23 AM

    Pines of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    21:56
  • 2:18 AM

    Andante for Oboe and Strings

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    4:23
  • 2:13 AM

    Nocturne

    Phillip Houghton

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    3:21
  • 2:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Film Music from The Gadfly & Pirogov

    Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:09
  • 2:01 AM

    On Distant Waves (Sur les flots lointains)

    Charles Koechlin

    Koechlin: Le boisson ardent; Sur les flots lointains

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:46 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Frantisek Jiranek

    Lenka Torgersen, violin

    Vaclav Luks, harpsichord

    Libor Masek, cello

    12:04
  • 1:13 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Waltz No. 2 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    5:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 12:44 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:52
  • 12:38 AM

    Irish Suite: The Fairy Bells

    Henry Cowell

    Continuum

    5:53
  • 12:25 AM

    Little Serenade

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    11:09
  • 12:12 AM

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Daniel Hope | Belle Epoque

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    5:24
  • 12:01 AM

    The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:47 PM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 11:14 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    30:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Staatskapelle Dresden - Hans Vonk

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    6:36
  • 10:50 PM

    L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:57
  • 10:45 PM

    Magic Forest Dances: Flower Nymphs

    Stefania de Kenessey

    Stefania de Kenessey ?– Chamber Music: Shades of Light, Shades of Dark

    William Meredith, oboe

    4:34
  • 10:24 PM

    Symphony No. 47 "Palindrome"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    19:11
  • 10:20 PM

    Horn Sonata No. 1

    Luigi Cherubini

    Aleksander Szebesczyk, horn

    2:40
  • 10:09 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:55
  • 10:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 10:03 PM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:41
  • 9:43 PM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Complete Orchestral Works

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    15:23
  • 9:23 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 9:19 PM

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    2:12
  • 9:06 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    12:46
  • 9:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo-Allegretto

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:30
  • 8:48 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Venice Baroque Orchestra

    Andrea Marcon, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    10:23
  • 6:46 PM

    Seattle Baroque Orchestra

    Stephen Stubbs, conductor

    Maxine Eilander, harp

    12:00
  • 6:25 PM

    On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

    Leonard Bernstein

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    19:25
  • 6:20 PM

    Cascades

    Scott Joplin

    Calico Winds

    2:49
  • 6:06 PM

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    14:02
  • 6:01 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 5:48 PM

    The Two Barons of Roccazzura: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:15
  • 5:40 PM

    Concerto for Orchestra: Giuoco delle coppie

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    6:01
  • 5:20 PM

    Sonata for Two Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    20:22
  • 5:14 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Heldinnenleben

    The Kolophonistinnen

    3:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    7:24
  • 5:01 PM

    Two Poetic Waltzes

    Enrique Granados

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    4:40
  • 4:49 PM

    Variations Concertantes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    8:54
  • 4:20 PM

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:45
  • 4:09 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 8

    William Boyce

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    8:57
  • 4:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Strings

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    2:52
  • 4:01 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    Greatest Hits Of 1790

    Philharmonia Virtuosi

    Richard Kapp, conductor

    4:45
  • 3:49 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:21
  • 3:49 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 3:12 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Hannu Lintu, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    36:29
  • 3:07 PM

    Fur Elise

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    3:24
  • 3:01 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Septet Op. 20; Sextet Op. 81b

    Consortium Classicum

    4:52
  • 2:50 PM

    Danzon No. 2

    Arturo Marquez

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    9:25
  • 2:46 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    3:06
  • 2:40 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 1st movement

    Josef Suk

    Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra

    Laszlo G. Horvath, conductor

    4:56
  • 2:36 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:01
  • 2:30 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 94, 96 & 100

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    4:06
  • 2:27 PM

    Korobeiniki (Song of the Peddler)

    Traditional Russian

    Apollo Chamber Players

    2:18
  • 2:17 PM

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Three Symphonies, Petite Suite, Polovetsian Dances

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:20
  • 2:10 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti Alla Rustica

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    3:44
  • 2:04 PM

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:49 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Boccherini, Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Nicolai, Ponchielli, Suppe, Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:40
  • 1:44 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 1:37 PM

    Nonetto: 3rd movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    5:31
  • 1:31 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    3:59
  • 1:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helene Grimaud: The Messenger

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    7:30
  • 1:08 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

    7:22
  • 1:04 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 5: Presto

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    2:02
  • 12:51 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:48 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Aria

    Eugenia Zukerman, flute

    1:42
  • 12:36 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 12:31 PM

    Magic Flute: Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    3:26
  • 12:31 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Orchestral Suites

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    10:11
  • 12:24 PM

    Waltzes and Landler

    Franz Schubert

    Bonbons aus Wien

    Boskovsky Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:04
  • 12:19 PM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:47
  • 12:15 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:23
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Herzogenberg: Symphonies opp. 50 & 70

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Frank Beermann, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:04 PM

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

    Claude Debussy

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    2:36
  • 11:49 AM

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Aram Khachaturian

    Essential Ballet

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Aram Khachaturian, conductor

    9:09
  • 11:45 AM

    Two pieces from Temple Fair

    Zu-Xin Jiang

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:42
  • 11:36 AM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:27
  • 11:28 AM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:58
  • 11:19 AM

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    8:50
  • 11:13 AM

    Queen Mary's Lute Song

    Edward Elgar

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    4:03
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    6:49
  • 11:01 AM

    Sonata No. 25

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:21
  • 10:47 AM

    Sonatine

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: L'oeuvre Pour Piano Seul

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    10:56
  • 10:18 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere"

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    28:23
  • 10:10 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 11

    Ann Southam

    Mirrored Glass

    Taktus

    6:05
  • 10:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 21

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    2:46
  • 10:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:37
  • 9:34 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Tessa Lark, violin

    23:57
  • 9:31 AM

    The Rising of the Sun

    John Thomas

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    2:31
  • 9:06 AM

    Serenade No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Wind Serenades of Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    Robert Johnson, conductor

    23:27
  • 9:01 AM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 8:42 AM

    English Suite No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glenn Gould, piano

    16:00
  • 8:34 AM

    The Planets: Venus

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    8:02
  • 8:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 53 "The Lark"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Emerson String Quartet

    17:45
  • 8:06 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Figure Humaine: Liberte

    Francis Poulenc

    12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    4:34
  • 7:29 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    29:33
  • 7:23 AM

    Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin

    Robert de Visee

    Rolf Lislevand, theorbo

    4:00
  • 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

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:39
  • 6:36 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 6:21 AM

    Three Romances

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    13:38
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    13:20
  • 6:01 AM

    Suite of Three Pieces: Waltz

    Benjamin Godard

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    4:27
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