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  • 5:46 AM

    Canto V: Into the heart of light

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Dedicated to

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Juha Kangas, conductor

    11:34
  • 5:25 AM

    The Light

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Symphony No. 3

    Vienna Radio Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    21:22
  • 5:14 AM

    memory pieces: beach

    David Lang

    Danny Holt, piano

    8:31
  • 5:07 AM

    North Atlantic

    Hilary Hahn/Hauschka

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Volker Bertelmann, prepared piano

    6:46
  • 5:01 AM

    the little match girl passion: have mercy, my god

    David Lang

    Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    4:37
  • 4:54 AM

    Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities: Take Anything You Want

    David Skidmore

    Perpetulum

    Third Coast Percussion

    4:39
  • 4:51 AM

    Seven Desires: 6

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:26
  • 4:49 AM

    Seven Desires: 5

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:02
  • 4:47 AM

    Seven Desires: 4

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:59
  • 4:44 AM

    Seven Desires: 3

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    2:32
  • 4:16 AM

    Chamber Symphony

    Julian Wachner

    Bespoke: NOW Commissions for chamber orchestra

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    26:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Quantum Shift

    Mischa Zupko

    Ex Machina

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    7:54
  • 4:01 AM

    Variations for Arinushka

    Arvo Part

    Piano Icons For The 21st Century

    Elena Riu, piano

    4:30
  • 3:43 AM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vida breve

    Stephen Hough, piano

    15:02
  • 3:29 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    12:23
  • 3:19 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Susan Tyte, English horn

    8:19
  • 3:06 AM

    Divertimento No. 12

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Divertimenti

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:24
  • 3:01 AM

    Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?

    Ambroise Thomas

    Cantabile

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    4:36
  • 2:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3; Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    31:55
  • 2:16 AM

    Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

    Francisco Tarrega

    40 Degrees North

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    8:02
  • 2:06 AM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    8:37
  • 2:01 AM

    Sinfonia

    Antonio Leal Moreira

    Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:49 AM

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Hamish MacCunn

    Scottish Light Music

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    9:11
  • 1:44 AM

    The Flowers of Edinburgh

    James Oswald

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:26
  • 1:20 AM

    Czech Suite

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Czech Suite; Legends

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    22:38
  • 1:15 AM

    Album Leaf

    Valborg Aulin

    neglected works for piano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    3:09
  • 1:06 AM

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    Stewart Rose, horn

    8:48
  • 1:01 AM

    Maskarade: Overture

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    4:37
  • 12:57 AM

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:30
  • 12:48 AM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 12:22 AM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 88-92, etc.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:49
  • 12:18 AM

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:53
  • 12:06 AM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:27
  • 12:01 AM

    Gott ist mein Hirt (The Lord is My Shepherd)

    Franz Schubert

    Agnus Dei II

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    4:35
  • 11:42 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Andrew Manze, violin

    16:08
  • 11:33 PM

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:30 PM

    After a Dream (Apres un Reve)

    Gabriel Faure

    Mon Ami

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:04
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto No. 12 "Storm at Sea"

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    12:20
  • 11:01 PM

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 "Organ"

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Noah Geller, violin

    9:27
  • 10:54 PM

    Moving Mountains

    Skylar Grey

    Sound of Silence

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:41
  • 10:40 PM

    Bolero

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 2; Debussy: La Mer

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    14:09
  • 10:25 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 10:20 PM

    Madeleine Stucki, piano

    4:19
  • 10:06 PM

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:54
  • 10:03 PM

    Hesperion XX

    Jordi Savall, conductor

    2:42
  • 9:48 PM

    Peter Schmoll Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:37
  • 9:24 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Franz Krommer

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Antony Pay, conductor

    Thomas Friedli, clarinet

    22:10
  • 9:19 PM

    Dances of the Dolls: Lyric Waltz

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Lisa Batiashvili: Echoes Of Time

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    3:23
  • 9:06 PM

    Indian Queen: selections

    Henry Purcell

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    12:40
  • 9:01 PM

    Pansies Polka Mazurka

    Josef Strauss

    New Year's Eve Concert 2004

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    4:36
  • 8:50 PM

    Ballad

    Amy Beach

    Anna Shelest, piano

    8:27
  • 6:49 PM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:38
  • 6:21 PM

    Symphony

    Alice Mary Smith

    Smith, A.M.: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    26:14
  • 6:14 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
  • 6:06 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:26
  • 6:01 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Together Again

    Julian Bream, guitar

    4:42
  • 5:54 PM

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    John Adams

    John Adams: The Chairman Dances/Two Fanfares/Other Works

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:17
  • 5:46 PM

    Sinfonia

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Les Plaisirs

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    7:41
  • 5:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    22:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Zdenek Macal, conductor

    14:08
  • 5:01 PM

    The Deliberations of the Gods: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:28 PM

    Serenade No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Liebesliederwalzer, Serenade No. 2, Op. 16

    Paris Orchestral Ensemble

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    29:40
  • 4:24 PM

    Sonando Contigo (Dreaming of you)

    Gabriela Montero

    Solatino

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:06
  • 4:14 PM

    Fantasy for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer, Romberg, Mendelssohn, Weber: Klarinettenquintette

    Consortium Classicum

    Dieter Klocker, clarinet

    8:37
  • 4:06 PM

    Concerto for Four Violins

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    6:53
  • 4:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 3:46 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lalo; Saint-Saens; Ravel

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Maxim Vengerov, violin

    11:33
  • 3:38 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1: 4th movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:34
  • 3:36 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens

    James Ehnes, violin

    22:39
  • 3:28 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Rebel

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor

    Jorg-Michael Schwarz, violin

    Karen Marie Marmer, violin

    9:08
  • 3:15 PM

    Andante e Polacca

    Carl Czerny

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    Daniel Blumenthal, piano

    11:47
  • 3:07 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Colin Davis, conductor

    6:53
  • 3:02 PM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 2:46 PM

    Excelsior! Symphonic Overture

    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Stenhammer: Symphony No. 2

    Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    14:19
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer": Theme and Variations

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jonathan Cohler and Claremont Trio

    Jonathan Cohler, clarinet

    6:37
  • 2:31 PM

    I Solisti Italiani

    5:19
  • 2:25 PM

    The Market of Malmantile: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    5:38
  • 2:22 PM

    The Married Beau: Hornpipe on a Ground

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

    Boston Baroque

    Martin Pearlman, conductor

    1:22
  • 2:20 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 3rd movement

    Henri Rabaud

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    2:20
  • 2:06 PM

    English Suite

    Paul Lewis

    English String Miniatures, Vol. 4

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: He's a Pirate

    Klaus Badelt

    Masters And Commanders: Music From Seafaring Film Classics

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    1:18
  • 1:58 PM

    Two-Part Invention No. 10

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    1:00
  • 1:50 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: 9 Symphonien

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    8:05
  • 1:44 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    Escapades

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    3:49
  • 1:41 PM

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Octet; Songs

    Daniel Hope, violin

    2:22
  • 1:35 PM

    Pagliacci: Don, din don (Bell Chorus)

    Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Leoncavallo | Pagliacci

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:15
  • 1:33 PM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, percussion

    2:22
  • 1:25 PM

    Raiders of the Lost Ark March

    John Williams

    John Williams in Vienna

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    5:43
  • 1:22 PM

    Papillon (Butterfly)

    Gabriel Faure

    Mon Ami

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    3:02
  • 1:07 PM

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

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    7:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:24
  • 12:52 PM

    Britannia (A Nautical Overture)

    Alexander Mackenzie

    Victorian Concert Overtures

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:15
  • 12:49 PM

    The British Grenadiers

    Traditional; arr. Leslie Pearson

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:00
  • 12:34 PM

    Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    12:49
  • 12:25 PM

    The Caliph of Bagdad: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:14
  • 12:16 PM

    Flute and Harp Concerto: Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute And Harp Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante

    Orchestra Mozart

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Jacques Zoon, flute

    8:28
  • 12:10 PM

    Sonata for Flute and Harp

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

    Marc Grauwels, flute

    4:36
  • 12:04 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Balasz Szokolay, piano

    5:34
  • 11:45 AM

    St. Paul's Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: St. Paul's Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    12:50
  • 11:41 AM

    Mazurka No. 36

    Frederic Chopin

    Mirian Conti, piano

    3:45
  • 11:32 AM

    Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti, Lindpaintner: Concerti for Wind

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    Gunther Passin, oboe

    7:20
  • 11:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 11:10 AM

    Charterhouse Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Williams: Lark Ascending

    Israel Chamber Orchestra

    Dalia Atlas, conductor

    13:32
  • 11:06 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Ton Koopman, organ

    3:38
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann plays Joseph Haydn

    Maria Bergmann, piano

    4:38
  • 10:39 AM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Miguel Gomez Martinez, conductor

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    19:49
  • 10:32 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:44
  • 10:22 AM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    9:59
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantasy Quartet

    E.J. Moeran

    Moeran: Chamber Music

    Vanbrugh Quartet

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    13:51
  • 10:01 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, Turina Etc.

    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

    4:39
  • 9:55 AM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Traditional Irish

    Barry Douglas, piano

    3:42
  • 9:28 AM

    String Sextet

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: String Sextet, etc.

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    25:49
  • 9:19 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Sor

    Miguel Llobet

    Anabel Montesinos, guitar

    7:48
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    12:00
  • 9:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 8:32 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:39
  • 8:32 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Mark Kosower, cello

    Jee-Won Oh, piano

    26:40
  • 8:28 AM

    The Snow Queen: Lullaby

    Tuomas Kantelinen

    Kantelinen: Lumikuningatar

    Finnish National Opera Orchestra

    Tuomas Kantelinen, conductor

    3:20
  • 8:09 AM

    Symphonie Periodique No. 6

    Ignaz Pleyel

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    17:48
  • 8:06 AM

    A Tide of Living Water

    Clarice Assad

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:48
  • 8:01 AM

    The Old Church

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    4:31
  • 7:42 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    16:52
  • 7:35 AM

    Anthracite Fields: Flowers

    Julia Wolfe

    Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street

    Julian Wachner, conductor

    6:38
  • 7:07 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande

    Jean Sibelius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    26:38
  • 7:01 AM

    Intermezzo

    Enrique Granados

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:36
  • 6:32 AM

    String Quartet No. 10

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: String Quartet D 87

    L'Archibudelli

    26:03
  • 6:10 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Gounod: Symphonies

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    19:59
  • 6:06 AM

    Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

    Craig Ketter, piano

    3:25
  • 6:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
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