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  • 4:41 AM

    Halcyon Sun

    Jonathan Bailey Holland

    American Portraits

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    17:22
  • 4:10 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    York Bowen

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    29:58
  • 4:06 AM

    Etude

    Jadwiga Sarnecka

    The Salon of Polish Women Composers

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    2:34
  • 4:01 AM

    English Idyll No. 2

    George Butterworth

    English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    4:37
  • 3:45 AM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    13:32
  • 3:18 AM

    String Quartet No. 48

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64

    Doric String Quartet

    25:46
  • 3:13 AM

    Earth Song

    Frank Ticheli

    After Silence

    Voces8

    4:13
  • 3:09 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:35
  • 3:06 AM

    The Mountain King: Summer Rain

    Hugo Alfven

    Alfven: Symphony No. 5 Etc.

    Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:18
  • 3:01 AM

    Arvo Leibur, violin

    Vardo Rumessen, piano

    4:49
  • 2:30 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    29:11
  • 2:19 AM

    Aires de la Mancha

    Federico Torroba

    Torroba: Guitar Concertos 1

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    9:29
  • 2:07 AM

    Rip Van Winkle Overture

    George Chadwick

    Thompson: Symphony No. 2/Chadwick: Overtures, etc.

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Beyond the Fog: Mist

    Gary Schocker

    Garden In Harp - Compositions By Gary Schocker & Emily Mitchell

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    4:31
  • 1:51 AM

    Rhapsody

    Josef Rheinberger

    Masterpieces Rediscovered

    David Shostac, flute

    7:06
  • 1:41 AM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    8:38
  • 1:07 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    33:08
  • 1:01 AM

    Aleko: Women's Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:36
  • 12:47 AM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    11:23
  • 12:21 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Martinu: Oboe Concertos, Francaix: L'Horloge De Flore

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    24:32
  • 12:17 AM

    Lenox Avenue: The Blues

    William Grant Still

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    2:33
  • 12:06 AM

    Concert Piece

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Letter a l'Immortelle Bien-Aimee

    Corentin Apparailly

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    4:43
  • 11:47 PM

    The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music

    Gustav Holst

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:54
  • 11:27 PM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    18:35
  • 11:20 PM

    Trio No. 2 "London"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Renee Siebert, flute

    Samuel Magill, cello

    6:54
  • 11:11 PM

    Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Toccatas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    7:21
  • 11:06 PM

    Sonata No. 32

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    3:54
  • 11:01 PM

    Oboe Quintet No. 1: Minuet

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    Michaela Hrabankova, oboe

    4:46
  • 10:48 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Slavyanskaya": 1st movement

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 9

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:58
  • 10:28 PM

    Piano Concerto in One Movement

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    Karen Walwyn, piano

    18:25
  • 10:23 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    3:44
  • 10:16 PM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Shai Wosner, piano

    6:16
  • 10:06 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Six Symphonies Op 7 / Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:34
  • 10:01 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:42
  • 9:56 PM

    Blue Bird: Star Dance

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    2:05
  • 9:52 PM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 9:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk, Janacek: Serenate and Suite for String Orchestra

    Prague Virtuosi

    Oldrich Vlcek, conductor

    26:41
  • 9:21 PM

    Nora's Dance

    Nora Holt

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:47
  • 9:14 PM

    Bluestone

    Chris Marshall

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    5:50
  • 9:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    7:14
  • 9:03 PM

    Gavotte

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Kodaly: String Quartets No. 1 and 2; Gavotte

    Kontra Quartet

    2:32
  • 8:52 PM

    Melodie for Violin and Orchestra

    Gustavo E. Campa

    Mi Alma Mexicana

    Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas

    Alondra de la Parra, conductor

    Daniel Andai, violin

    5:26
  • 8:22 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    29:18
  • 8:14 PM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    6:24
  • 8:06 PM

    Fleeting Pleasure

    Joseph Lanner

    Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

    Vienna String Ensemble

    7:14
  • 8:01 PM

    12 Contradances: Nos. 1-5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra

    Michi Gaigg, conductor

    4:50
  • 5:49 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites II

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:45 PM

    Gracias a la Vida

    Violeta Parra

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:11
  • 5:15 PM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mozart, Beethoven: Quintets

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    28:45
  • 5:06 PM

    Suite Mignonne

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:28
  • 5:01 PM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Salzedo Harp Duo

    4:37
  • 4:43 PM

    New England Triptych

    William Schuman

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    15:20
  • 4:40 PM

    An American Mosaic: Teachers and Students

    Richard Danielpour

    Danielpour/Dinnerstein - An American Mosaic

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:22
  • 4:16 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:44
  • 4:06 PM

    Let Thy Hand be Strengthened

    George Frideric Handel

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    8:48
  • 4:01 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45
  • 3:38 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Chee-Yun, violin

    20:50
  • 3:33 PM

    En Konstig Fan

    Emil Olsson

    Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

    2:31
  • 3:17 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Jean Eichner

    Eichner: Harp Concertos

    Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra

    Stefan Fraas, conductor

    Silke Aichhorn, harp

    15:44
  • 3:06 PM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    9:04
  • 3:01 PM

    Invitation to the Polka

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 18

    Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice

    Alfred Walter, conductor

    4:50
  • 2:34 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    22:59
  • 2:31 PM

    Mazurka No. 44

    Frederic Chopin

    88 Keys To Joy

    Yael Weiss, piano

    1:41
  • 2:16 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    15:07
  • 2:07 PM

    Oboe Concertino

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Oboe Italiano

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    7:17
  • 2:00 PM

    The Running Set

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:15
  • 1:40 PM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Menahem Pressler, piano

    18:02
  • 1:38 PM

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    1:18
  • 1:33 PM

    Fairy Tale: Folk Dance

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale / Fantasy in G Minor / Fantasticke scherzo

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    3:19
  • 1:24 PM

    Symphonie Espagnole: Rondo

    Edouard Lalo

    Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    8:02
  • 1:17 PM

    Etude No. 6

    Philip Glass

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    5:19
  • 1:12 PM

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Traditional; arr. Donald Hunsberger

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    :00
  • 1:08 PM

    'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer

    Traditional; arr. Donald Hunsberger

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    :00
  • 1:04 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The 19 Waltzes.

    Zoltan Kocsis, piano

    3:33
  • 12:49 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Claudio Abbado: Marce E Danze

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:31
  • 12:46 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    1:57
  • 12:41 PM

    Ragtime Oriole

    James Scott

    World's Greatest Piano Rags

    Richard Dowling, piano

    3:47
  • 12:35 PM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Merula: Canzoni, Motetti, Sonate

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 12:30 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Karelia Suite

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:22 PM

    Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)

    Astor Piazzolla

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    6:04
  • 12:17 PM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Karl Munchinger, conductor

    4:28
  • 12:09 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Musici

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    6:44
  • 12:04 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Fiedler's Greatest Hits

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:57 AM

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Traditional Irish

    Celtic Reflections

    Barry Douglas, piano

    2:53
  • 11:48 AM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    French Music for the Stage

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:29
  • 11:45 AM

    Rigoletto: Zitti, zitti... (Whisper Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:53
  • 11:42 AM

    Miniatures: Adolorido

    William Grant Still

    Music of the Gilded Age

    Sylvan Winds

    1:43
  • 11:33 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:11
  • 11:18 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:23
  • 11:10 AM

    The Apothecary: Sinfonia

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    6:05
  • 11:04 AM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: O susser Mond (Moon chorus)

    Otto Nicolai

    Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Bernhard Klee, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)

    Bedrich Smetana

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:36
  • 10:23 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    21:22
  • 10:16 AM

    Mountain Songs: He's Gone Away

    Robert Beaser

    Mountain Songs: A Cycle of American Folk Music

    Paula Robison, flute

    5:02
  • 10:06 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    9:34
  • 10:01 AM

    4 Pieces: No. 2. Autumn Night

    Wanda Landowska

    The Salon of Polish Women Composers

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:34
  • 9:41 AM

    The Garden of Fand

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    17:26
  • 9:20 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Peter von Winter

    German Flute Concertos

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Bruno Meier, flute

    19:48
  • 9:15 AM

    Fantasy Pieces: Soaring

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann & Brahms: Piano Works

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    3:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 9:01 AM

    Berceuse (Lullaby)

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Ballades; Berceuse; Mazurkas

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:32
  • 8:47 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "musica instrumentalis": Double Triple Gigue Fugue

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    The Kernis Project: Beethoven

    Jasper String Quartet

    11:00
  • 8:24 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Francois Devienne

    Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flute

    Munich Chamber Orchestra

    Hans Stadlmair, conductor

    Andras Adorjan, flute

    22:38
  • 8:17 AM

    Melancolie

    Francis Poulenc

    Melancolie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    5:59
  • 8:06 AM

    Melancholy Serenade

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    9:59
  • 8:01 AM

    Basse Danse

    Thoinot Arbeau

    Broadside Band

    4:33
  • 7:49 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2

    Johan Svendsen

    South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:45
  • 7:43 AM

    The Path

    Zoe Keating

    Into the Trees

    Zoe Keating, cello

    5:43
  • 7:07 AM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure: Piano Quartets, Opp. 15 & 45

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    35:27
  • 7:01 AM

    Church of Trees

    Liz Story

    Liz Story

    Liz Story, piano

    4:42
  • 6:47 AM

    Fratres (Brothers)

    Arvo Part

    Passacaglia

    MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    10:49
  • 6:22 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Isaac Stern, violin

    24:35
  • 6:14 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 6

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    6:30
  • 6:06 AM

    Elegy

    Ina Boyle

    Cello Abbey

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Paul Meyer, conductor

    Nadege Rochat, cello

    7:23
  • 6:01 AM

    Minuets with Contredances

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    4:40
  • 5:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: String Quartets

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    28:26
  • 5:16 AM

    Miniatures

    Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    Beethoven: Violin Concertos; Tsintsadze: Miniatures

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:26
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:23
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonata Concertante: Rondo

    Louis Spohr

    Spohr: Works for Harp and Flute

    Marielle Nordmann, harp

    4:49