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  • 5:21 AM

    The Protecting Veil

    John Tavener

    Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep Of The Virgin

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    France Springuel, cello

    37:46
  • 5:14 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    Elusive Affinity

    Anna Gourari, piano

    5:28
  • 5:07 AM

    again (after ecclesiastes)

    David Lang

    Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    5:31
  • 5:01 AM

    Miniatures: A Piacere

    Vivian Fung

    Maia String Quartet

    John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

    Maia Quartet

    4:39
  • 4:23 AM

    Soul House

    Robert Honstein

    Hub New Music

    33:47
  • 4:12 AM

    O'Keeffe Images: Sky Above Clouds

    Elena Ruehr

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    9:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Cantos Desiertos: Quijote

    Terry Riley

    Alexandra Hawley, flute

    Jeffrey McFadden, guitar

    4:23
  • 3:38 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars

    John Luther Adams

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:23
  • 3:24 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio

    Grigory Stolyarov, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    19:52
  • 3:23 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:55
  • 3:13 AM

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:17
  • 3:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    5:58
  • 3:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Danubius Quartet

    4:42
  • 2:37 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:49
  • 2:20 AM

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Album I

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Otto Klemperer, conductor

    14:46
  • 2:08 AM

    Introduction and Caprice

    Giulio Regondi

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    9:59
  • 2:06 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    1:54
  • 2:01 AM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Brass Festival

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:53 AM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Art of Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    5:02
  • 1:23 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rene Leibowitz, conductor

    29:13
  • 1:17 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Gavotte

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Symphony of Noels

    Michel Delalande

    Baroque Christmas

    Masques

    Olivier Fortin, conductor

    10:32
  • 1:01 AM

    All the Things You Are

    Jerome Kern

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    4:49
  • 12:38 AM

    Ballet Suite No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    19:40
  • 12:26 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    11:12
  • 12:16 AM

    Six German Dances

    Franz Schubert

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    8:27
  • 12:08 AM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Prelude for Lute

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    2:10
  • 12:01 AM

    Lyrical Serenade

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:41
  • 11:39 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    James DePreist, conductor

    19:09
  • 11:26 PM

    Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger

    James Cohn

    COHN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 / Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    11:30
  • 11:20 PM

    The Sacred Veil: Child of Wonder

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: The Sacred Veil

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Lisa Edwards, piano

    4:42
  • 11:15 PM

    Sebastian: Barcarolle

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    3:41
  • 11:06 PM

    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Gabrieli Players

    Paul McCreesh, conductor

    8:42
  • 10:46 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    Anthony Marwood, violin

    11:41
  • 10:43 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    2:03
  • 10:25 PM

    Faust Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    16:23
  • 10:24 PM

    Mrs. White's Nothing

    John Dowland

    Paul O'Dette, lute

    :57
  • 10:09 PM

    A Moorside Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    14:10
  • 10:06 PM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti, German Dances

    Ensemble Wien

    2:16
  • 10:03 PM

    The Garden of Eden: Old Adam

    William Bolcom

    Logan Skelton, piano

    2:33
  • 9:45 PM

    Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Georges Enescu

    Enescu: Rhapsodies Roumaines Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    11:45
  • 9:19 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Violin Concerto, Oboe Concerto

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Gordon Hunt, oboe

    24:59
  • 9:14 PM

    Nunc dimittis

    Charles Stanford

    Evensong Live 2019 | Anthems and Canticles

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:06 PM

    The Royal Children: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:49
  • 9:01 PM

    Amadigi di Gaula: Sento la gioia (I feel the joy)

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    4:33
  • 8:41 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 6:50 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Romantic Overtures

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    8:17
  • 6:43 PM

    Introduction No. 1

    Pietro Locatelli

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    5:28
  • 6:17 PM

    Symphony No. 25

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 25 & 31, Etc

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:19
  • 6:06 PM

    Wexford Carol; Murztaler Engelruf; 12 Days of Christmas

    Christmas Music

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    8:18
  • 6:01 PM

    Over the Rainbow

    Harold Arlen

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    4:37
  • 5:48 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Music for Wind Band

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:25
  • 5:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    27:57
  • 5:09 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Babel

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:14
  • 5:06 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Scherzo

    Johannes Brahms

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    2:39
  • 5:01 PM

    The Prince and the Pauper

    Erich Korngold

    Elizabeth & Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    4:49
  • 4:48 PM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:14
  • 4:24 PM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Narciso Yepes - Guitarra Espanola Vol 4

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Odon Alonso, conductor

    Narciso Yepes, guitar

    22:39
  • 4:14 PM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 4:06 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 4:01 PM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:30
  • 3:54 PM

    Little Waltz (Mi Teresita)

    Theresa Carreno

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    4:24
  • 3:47 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:06
  • 3:42 PM

    Snowflake Ballet

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Music from the Operettas

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Michel Swierczewski, conductor

    11:06
  • 3:39 PM

    Soirees Musicales: Tirolese

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Matinees & Soirees Musicales

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    2:07
  • 3:05 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 3:00 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 2:54 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Così fan tutte

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    4:00
  • 2:48 PM

    Scherzo No. 2

    Clara Schumann

    Romance: The Music of Clara Schumann

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    4:48
  • 2:40 PM

    Crown Imperial

    William Walton

    Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/ Henry V Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    6:51
  • 2:29 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Giuseppe Tartini

    Italian Concertos

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    9:40
  • 2:22 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:48
  • 2:18 PM

    Love Song for Lucy

    The OK Factor

    Love, The OK Factor

    The OK Factor

    3:42
  • 2:09 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aeterna - The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

    Chamber Choir of Europe

    Nicol Matt, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, piano

    5:11
  • 2:04 PM

    Canzonetta

    Gabriel Pierne

    Belle Epoque

    Lille National Orchestra

    Alexandre Bloch, conductor

    Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet

    3:39
  • 1:50 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: 7 Overtures

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:16
  • 1:46 PM

    Sevillanas

    Traditional

    LAGQ Latin

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    3:07
  • 1:38 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Brodsky Quartet

    6:47
  • 1:27 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052-1058

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Andras Schiff, conductor

    Andras Schiff, piano

    10:03
  • 1:21 PM

    The Sacred Veil: Child of Wonder

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: The Sacred Veil

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Lisa Edwards, piano

    4:42
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Finale

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:06
  • 1:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 8

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    Andras Keller, violin

    Kalman Balogh, cimbalom

    3:04
  • 12:52 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    6:25
  • 12:29 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 12:18 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Brahms

    Pacifica String Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    9:08
  • 12:15 PM

    Wood Notes: Whippoorwill's Shoes

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    2:25
  • 12:09 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Joseph White

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas

    Maurice Ravel

    French Impressions

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor

    3:48
  • 11:52 AM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Piano Music

    William Bolcom, piano

    6:26
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:40 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:15
  • 11:32 AM

    Serenade No. 3: 3rd movement

    Robert Fuchs

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    7:34
  • 11:21 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    10:35
  • 11:18 AM

    Mary Had a Baby

    William Dawson

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    2:46
  • 11:13 AM

    Intermezzo: At the Skat Table

    Richard Strauss

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    3:38
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:47
  • 11:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:45 AM

    Symphony

    Carl Stamitz

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:35
  • 10:22 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    Beatrix Hulsemann, violin

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    20:40
  • 10:16 AM

    Sunburst

    Andrew York

    Play

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:17
  • 10:06 AM

    Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    9:36
  • 10:01 AM

    The Past

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:30
  • 9:32 AM

    Symphonic Poem No. 12 "Die Ideale"

    Franz Liszt

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    25:54
  • 9:26 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    6:18
  • 9:15 AM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Martin Ostertag, cello

    Kalle Randalu, piano

    8:53
  • 9:06 AM

    Heroes Symphony: Sons of the Silent Age

    Philip Glass

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    8:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 8:41 AM

    Amsterdam Sinfonietta

    Jaap ter Linden, conductor

    Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe

    17:51
  • 8:28 AM

    Scherzo No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    11:08
  • 8:19 AM

    Reverie and Caprice

    Hector Berlioz

    Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll/Sibelius: Valse Triste/etc.

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Guillermo Figueroa, violin

    7:53
  • 8:06 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Franz Strauss

    Aleksander Szebesczyk, horn

    12:17
  • 8:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:45 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Swedish Orchestral Favourites

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    13:29
  • 7:23 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Greatest Hits

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    21:02
  • 7:06 AM

    Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

    William Grant Still

    Videmus

    15:28
  • 7:01 AM

    Choro No. 1 "Tipico Brasileiro"

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    David Russell, guitar

    4:30
  • 6:39 AM

    American Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    19:42
  • 6:27 AM

    Fantasy for Harp

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Virtuoso Harp

    Marion Hoffman, harp

    10:37
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas KV 526 & KV 547

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    19:33
  • 6:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
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