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  • 5:32 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    26:30
  • 5:19 AM

    As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

    Anne Boyd

    A Bridge of Dreams

    Ars Nova Copenhagen

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    11:05
  • 5:06 AM

    blue cathedral

    Jennifer Higdon

    Rainbow Body

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:16
  • 5:01 AM

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    4:37
  • 4:35 AM

    Nocturnes

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    22:23
  • 4:22 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Awakening of Spring": 2nd movement

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard, R.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    11:10
  • 4:18 AM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 4:09 AM

    Two Ballades

    Fazil Say

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    Fazil Say, piano

    7:24
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Dialogues with Postscript: Morning Serenade

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Camerata Salzburg

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    2:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Air to Breath

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Gyda Valtysdottir, cello

    4:39
  • 3:56 AM

    Vignettes: Carmela

    William Grant Still

    Get on Board

    Sierra Winds

    (Selected members), conductor

    2:51
  • 3:14 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: The Symphonies

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    40:41
  • 3:06 AM

    Piano Trio: 2nd movement

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Jose Antonio Zayas Caban, soprano saxophone

    Ryan Smith, tenor saxophone

    Casey Rafn, piano

    5:34
  • 3:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 2:55 AM

    Intermezzo

    Anton Arensky

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    3:18
  • 2:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Max Bruch

    Bruch: The 3 Symphonies, Swedish Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    31:42
  • 2:17 AM

    Aire de Zamba (Song of Yearning)

    Agustin Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    2:44
  • 2:06 AM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Enrico Onofri, violin

    10:35
  • 2:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 1:50 AM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:55
  • 1:49 AM

    New York Waltzes: Waltz No. 1

    Lou Harrison

    Lara Downes, piano

    :48
  • 1:30 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, Haydn Variations, Op. 56A

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    18:20
  • 1:24 AM

    23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother)

    Bobby McFerrin

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:37
  • 1:06 AM

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    17:27
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne-Quadrille

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 1

    CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:47 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 12:42 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    16:28
  • 12:39 AM

    The Purest KInd of Guy

    Mark Blitzstein

    Paul Robeson, baritone

    3:25
  • 12:26 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    12:57
  • 12:22 AM

    You Are the New Day

    John David

    New Day

    King's Singers

    2:31
  • 12:06 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vysehrad

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    14:41
  • 12:01 AM

    Requiem: Lacrimosa

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Requiem

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:41 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Jan Dussek

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    18:04
  • 11:38 PM

    Mephistopheles Serenade

    Berlioz

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:58
  • 11:32 PM

    Kiss (Kuss) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 6

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    5:56
  • 11:27 PM

    Puckett's Farewell

    Peter Ostroushko, mandolin

    4:36
  • 11:10 PM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 11:04 PM

    Suite for Harpsichord

    Henry Purcell

    Davitt Moroney, harpsichord

    5:16
  • 10:56 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Bella Napoli: Oboe Concertos

    Ensemble Berlin

    Christoph Hartmann, oboe

    8:35
  • 10:52 PM

    La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment): Ah! mes amis...Pour mon ame

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Juan Diego Flores: Una Furtiva Lagrima

    Milan Symphony Orchestra

    Riccardo Frizza, conductor

    Juan Diego Florez, tenor

    6:59
  • 10:52 PM

    Preludes, Book 2: Bruyeres (Heather)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Preludes Book 2

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    2:44
  • 10:37 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Dag Wiren

    A Swedish Serenade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    14:14
  • 10:31 PM

    Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Labyrinth

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    5:13
  • 10:25 PM

    Dirait-on (So They Say)

    Morten Lauridsen

    Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    5:01
  • 10:11 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 2nd movement

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Ravel: Concerto in G

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    11:16
  • 10:04 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 9:51 PM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar Of Favorite Classics

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:44
  • 9:45 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    5:34
  • 9:35 PM

    Bohemian Rhaspody

    Freddy Mercury/Queen

    London Horn Sound

    6:21
  • 9:28 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: Scherzo

    Gabriel Faure

    Domus

    5:08
  • 9:20 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    50 Best Relaxing Piano

    Francois-Rene Duchable, piano

    6:16
  • 9:08 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Jeanne Lamon, violin

    9:44
  • 9:00 PM

    Let the Bright Seraphim

    Handel

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    5:33
  • 6:49 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    8:49
  • 6:21 PM

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

    He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Lan Shui, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    27:25
  • 6:14 PM

    Everlasting Longing

    Traditional Chinese

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    Yuan Sha, guzheng

    5:42
  • 6:06 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Paris Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    6:25
  • 6:01 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 5:50 PM

    Bishop Rock

    Doreen Carwithen

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    8:16
  • 5:44 PM

    Schwanengesang, Book 1: Standchen (Serenade)

    Franz Schubert

    The Magic of Horowitz

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    5:42
  • 5:34 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures and Preludes

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:46
  • 5:22 PM

    Concerto No. 8

    Lorenzo Zavateri

    Zavateri: Concerti Da Chiesa E Da Camera

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Gottfried von der Goltz, conductor

    9:49
  • 5:06 PM

    Sextet for Two Horns and Strings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Consortium Classicum

    15:35
  • 5:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 4:46 PM

    Cello Sonata No. 3

    Luigi Boccherini

    Christian Benda, cello

    Sebastian Benda, fortepiano

    12:29
  • 4:22 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    22:18
  • 4:10 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    10:07
  • 4:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 5

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:18
  • 4:01 PM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 3:54 PM

    Embraceable You

    George Gershwin

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    4:14
  • 3:50 PM

    Nice Work If You Can Get It

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin Fantasy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    3:41
  • 3:45 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 10

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fazil Say, piano

    12:57
  • 3:39 PM

    Three Pieces for Orchestra

    Edgar Bainton

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    10:27
  • 3:30 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Joris Van Den Hauwe, oboe

    8:31
  • 3:05 PM

    Rapsodia Cubana

    Isaac Albeniz

    Boston Cello Quartet

    5:49
  • 3:01 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    3:31
  • 2:56 PM

    Addendum

    Chick Corea

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    Chick Corea, piano

    5:00
  • 2:55 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23: 1st mvt

    Wolfgang Mozart

    The Mozart Sessions

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Bobby McFerrin, conductor

    Chick Corea, piano

    8:00
  • 2:30 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Encore!

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 2:21 PM

    Four Dances

    Thomas Morley

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    7:17
  • 2:16 PM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:13
  • 2:08 PM

    Rebirth in the Mountains

    He Luting

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:02
  • 2:04 PM

    Sinfonietta: Fanfare

    Leos Janacek

    Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59; Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:29
  • 1:49 PM

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:03
  • 1:46 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    2:16
  • 1:34 PM

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Cecylia Arzewski, violin

    10:17
  • 1:30 PM

    The Earle of Oxford's March

    William Byrd

    Elegant Classics for Brass

    Denver Brass

    Kenneth Singleton, conductor

    3:24
  • 1:25 PM

    Three "Springar"

    Halfdan Kjerulf

    Einar Steen-Nokleberg, piano

    3:25
  • 1:15 PM

    Spring Song

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite; Spring Song; Belshazzar's Feast Suite

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:05
  • 1:07 PM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:57
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 12:55 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Andre Previn, conductor

    2:43
  • 12:45 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 15

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    9:04
  • 12:37 PM

    Almayne

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Armstrong Gibbs: Dale and Fell

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:22 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:55
  • 12:16 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": Allegro assai

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphony No. 3

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:06 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Milan Turkovich, bassoon

    8:21
  • 12:04 PM

    An Italian Rant

    John Playford

    A Trip to Killburn

    Baltimore Consort

    1:29
  • 11:45 AM

    Sonata No. 4

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    13:36
  • 11:33 AM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: 4 Tone Poems

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:15
  • 11:29 AM

    Remote Shangri-La

    Ma Jinfeng & Zhang Nan

    Yundi Li, piano

    2:36
  • 11:15 AM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harp Consort

    Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor

    13:12
  • 11:06 AM

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Nancy Dalberg

    Danish Philharmonic Orchestra

    Frans Rasmussen, conductor

    8:09
  • 11:01 AM

    Two Romances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, etc.

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    Alexander Kniazev, cello

    4:44
  • 10:47 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:42 AM

    El silbador

    Gustavo Leguizamon

    El Cuchi Bien Temperado

    Pablo Marquez, guitar

    3:56
  • 10:19 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Poem of Ecstasy"

    Alexander Scriabin

    Scriabin: Le Poeme De L'extase, Piano Concerto, Prometheus

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    22:00
  • 10:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    10:46
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:27 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Robert Schumann

    For Love of You

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    Lara Downes, piano

    31:33
  • 9:19 AM

    Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

    Giacomo Puccini

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Mastrangelo, conductor

    11:54
  • 9:01 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
  • 8:44 AM

    Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven": 1st movement

    Danny Elfman

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    Sandy Cameron, violin

    14:01
  • 8:37 AM

    Palladian Ensemble

    6:47
  • 8:24 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Giovanni Paisiello

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    11:46
  • 8:06 AM

    The Gaelic Flute

    Edward McGuire

    Highlands

    Camerata Bariloche

    Chris Norman, flute

    16:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:45
  • 7:33 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    24:58
  • 7:28 AM

    Sergio Assad, guitar

    Odair Assad, guitar

    4:19
  • 7:06 AM

    Spirituals for Strings

    Morton Gould

    Morton Gould: American Salute

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Klein, conductor

    20:33
  • 7:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    American Lyricism

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 6:21 AM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    36:58
  • 6:17 AM

    Gustavus Adolphus II: Elegy

    Hugo Alfven

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:07
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    8:56
  • 6:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
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