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  • 5:43 AM

    Cello Dreaming

    Peter Sculthorpe

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emma-Jane Murphy, cello

    15:40
  • 5:33 AM

    Two English Idylls

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN: Cuartetos de cuerda.

    Alexander String Quartet

    25:06
  • 5:01 AM

    What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm

    Jorge Grundman

    Minds

    Ara Malikian, violin

    4:38
  • 4:22 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Bela Bartok

    1930s Violin Concertos, Vol. 2

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stephane Deneve, conductor

    Gil Shaham, violin

    36:32
  • 4:15 AM

    Four Popular Catalan Songs

    Miguel Llobet

    Spanish Legends

    David Russell, guitar

    4:49
  • 4:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Boyce

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    7:07
  • 4:01 AM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    When Do We Dance

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    4:51
  • 3:50 AM

    The Bullfighter's Prayer

    Joaquin Turina

    Chamber Music Palm Beach

    8:00
  • 3:31 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Georg Matthias Monn

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    19:07
  • 3:16 AM

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Alexander Borodin

    Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    12:58
  • 3:10 AM

    Lullaby

    Anna Segal

    Anna Segal: Chamber Music for Harp

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    3:44
  • 3:06 AM

    Heroic Berceuse

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Works for Orchestra, Vol. II

    Radio Luxembourg Orchestra

    Louis de Froment, conductor

    3:58
  • 3:01 AM

    The Beatitudes

    Vladimir Martynov

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    4:43
  • 2:55 AM

    Heptapod B

    Johann Johannsson

    Mari

    Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra

    Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    3:31
  • 2:29 AM

    Sextet

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc, L.: Piano Trio, Op. 33 / Clarinet Trio, Op. 44 / Sextet, Op. 40

    Linos Ensemble

    24:51
  • 2:22 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 2:18 AM

    Music Box

    Isaias Savio

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:20
  • 2:06 AM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bells for Stokowski

    University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    11:31
  • 2:01 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 1:55 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    3:15
  • 1:44 AM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:29
  • 1:21 AM

    Carnival of the Animals

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Kids Classics: Animals

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    22:03
  • 1:13 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Manhattan String Quartet

    6:30
  • 1:06 AM

    Portsmouth Point Overture

    William Walton

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:31
  • 1:01 AM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Vlass Brass: On The Edge

    Empire Brass

    4:37
  • 12:51 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Grigory Sokolov, piano

    6:53
  • 12:27 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos 1, 3 & 4

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Viktoria Mullova, conductor

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    22:15
  • 12:24 AM

    Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia"

    Antonio Lauro

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:53
  • 12:16 AM

    String Sonata No. 7

    Heinrich Biber

    Biber: Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

    Purcell Quartet

    6:36
  • 12:06 AM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Javelin - the Music of Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:06
  • 12:01 AM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Joyce Yang, piano

    4:39
  • 11:50 PM

    Impressions from the Countryside: Village Dance

    Zdenek Fibich

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    7:46
  • 11:44 PM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    6:10
  • 11:27 PM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    14:43
  • 11:20 PM

    Octet: 5th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert Octet

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    6:29
  • 11:12 PM

    Scherzo No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    7:18
  • 11:06 PM

    Scherzo for Strings

    Horatio Parker

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    5:14
  • 11:01 PM

    Reflections on the Mississippi: Steamboat

    Michael Daugherty

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Carol Jantsch, tuba

    4:37
  • 10:41 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Chevalier de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    16:59
  • 10:39 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    2:58
  • 10:31 PM

    Grand Tarantelle

    Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    American Piano Classics

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    William Tritt, piano

    7:22
  • 10:26 PM

    Misa Criolla: Credo

    Ariel Ramirez

    Hope

    Palau de la Musica Vocal Quartet

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:08
  • 10:10 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Abel: Six Symphonies Op 7 / Shepherd, Cantilena

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    13:18
  • 10:06 PM

    Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    3:27
  • 10:01 PM

    Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    2:49
  • 9:47 PM

    William Tell: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    11:03
  • 9:38 PM

    Three Short Pieces

    Jacques Ibert

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    6:54
  • 9:27 PM

    Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

    Gustav Mahler

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    11:02
  • 9:16 PM

    Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Imogen Cooper, piano

    9:55
  • 9:06 PM

    Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

    Felix Mendelssohn

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    Georgina Dobree, basset horn

    9:06
  • 9:01 PM

    The Sacred Veil: Child of Wonder

    Eric Whitacre

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Lisa Edwards, piano

    Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

    4:42
  • 6:44 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:41
  • 6:35 PM

    The Light Is the Same

    Reena Esmail

    Bruits

    Imani Winds

    8:50
  • 6:21 PM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 6:06 PM

    Polonaise-Fantasie

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    12:42
  • 6:01 PM

    Trio Sonata

    Willem de Fesch

    De Fesch: Chamber Music

    Ensemble of the Auvergne

    4:39
  • 5:49 PM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Stokowski Transcriptions

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    9:10
  • 5:40 PM

    Scintillation

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    9:29
  • 5:20 PM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    Ravel, Debussy, Faure, Ibert

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:20
  • 5:06 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    12:27
  • 5:01 PM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:46
  • 4:51 PM

    L'Heure du berger (The Shepherd's Hour)

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    7:23
  • 4:45 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Das Klavierwerk

    Heidi Lowy, piano

    5:34
  • 4:24 PM

    Symphony No. 95

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    19:48
  • 4:21 PM

    El Tragalochas

    Isaias Alvarado

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    1:47
  • 4:06 PM

    Quartet No. 3

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    13:37
  • 4:01 PM

    String Quartet: Vivace

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Complete String Quartets

    Sibelius Academy Quartet

    4:44
  • 3:01 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    19:15
  • 2:57 PM

    Music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: Juliet and her Nurse

    David Diamond

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    2:12
  • 2:53 PM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Marika Bournaki, piano

    :00
  • 2:43 PM

    Suite for Strings: 1st movement

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    8:58
  • 2:34 PM

    Little Folk Suites: Selections

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    6:51
  • 2:31 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 2:20 PM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:44
  • 2:17 PM

    Five Melodies: No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Words fail

    Yevgeny Kutik, violin

    2:35
  • 2:10 PM

    Atalanta: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    3:50
  • 2:05 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger, Leighton: Chamber Works

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:25
  • 1:50 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Overtures

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:39
  • 1:45 PM

    Violin Concerto: 3rd movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concertos by Black Composers

    Encore Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hege, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    4:37
  • 1:37 PM

    Espana

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    6:20
  • 1:33 PM

    La Visionaire

    Francois Couperin

    Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol. 2

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    3:43
  • 1:25 PM

    Oboe Concerto: 3rd movement

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    6:27
  • 1:18 PM

    Symphony No. 11 "Winter": 2nd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphony No. 11 "Der Winter"

    Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    6:11
  • 1:12 PM

    Spring Breeze

    Yu-Xian Deng

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:55
  • 1:05 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra of La Francophonie

    Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor

    6:41
  • 12:49 PM

    Moravian Dances

    Leos Janacek

    Janacek: Taras Bulba, Lachian Dances / Wit, Warsaw

    Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antoni Wit, conductor

    8:57
  • 12:41 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus Ballet Music

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    6:23
  • 12:36 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Tchaikovsky Project

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    4:01
  • 12:32 PM

    Waltz No. 7

    Frederic Chopin

    Fantasia

    Yuja Wang, piano

    3:45
  • 12:24 PM

    Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Complete Schubert Overtures Vol. 2

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:16 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    The Enlightened Trumpet

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marios Papadopoulous, conductor

    Paul Merkelo, trumpet

    6:50
  • 12:09 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:04 PM

    Symphony No. 39: Menuetto

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Donald Runnicles, conductor

    3:43
  • 11:45 AM

    Long Road

    Eriks Esenvalds

    After Silence: III. Redemption

    Voces8

    6:05
  • 11:23 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Peter von Winter

    German Flute Concertos

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Bruno Meier, flute

    19:48
  • 11:20 AM

    Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Claude Debussy

    The Little Tin Box

    Desirae Brown, piano

    2:25
  • 11:15 AM

    Show Me

    Aoife O'Donovan

    The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:53
  • 11:10 AM

    Legend No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Legends

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    4:08
  • 11:06 AM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:49
  • 11:01 AM

    Fall River Legend: Hymnal Variations

    Morton Gould

    Thomspson: Symphony No. 1; Gould: Fall River Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Sedares, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:43 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viktoria Mullova, violin

    Bruno Canino, piano

    14:55
  • 10:34 AM

    Omphale's Spinning Wheel

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Soustrot, conductor

    8:03
  • 10:29 AM

    Eternal Song

    Gerard Drozd

    Hemispheres

    Lily Afshar, guitar

    4:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Trio

    Charles Alkan

    ALKAN: Grand Duo Concertant / Sonate de Concert / Piano Trio

    Trio Alkan

    21:10
  • 10:01 AM

    All Dreams Begin With the Horizon: noble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    American Lyricism

    Christopher Atzinger, piano

    4:44
  • 9:36 AM

    Theme and Variations

    Amy Beach

    Carol Wincenc, flute

    Kevin Lawrence, violin

    Carolyn Stuart, violin

    Sheila Brown, viola

    Brooks Whitehouse, cello

    21:58
  • 9:31 AM

    Imaginary Numbers: Hymn of the Five Suns

    Michael Gandolfi

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe

    Laura Ardan, clarinet

    Andrew Brady, bassoon

    Brice Andrus, horn

    5:01
  • 9:26 AM

    Fantasy

    Matthew Locke

    Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland

    John Holloway, violin

    4:09
  • 9:10 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The String Quartets

    Quartetto Italiano

    14:43
  • 9:06 AM

    John Henry: Railroad Ballad

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc.

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Joel Quarrington, double bass

    Andrew Burashko, piano

    4:36
  • 8:54 AM

    L'Atendrissante (The Touching One)

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:21
  • 8:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Frank Martin

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    32:48
  • 8:16 AM

    Prelude to a Song

    John Williams

    From a Bird

    John Williams, guitar

    3:20
  • 8:06 AM

    Sonatina No. 1 "From an Invalid's Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    8:53
  • 8:01 AM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:46 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    11:47
  • 7:42 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 14

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    3:43
  • 7:15 AM

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Emilie Mayer

    Mayer: Piano Trios; Notturno

    Trio Vivente

    25:41
  • 7:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    8:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Norwegian Composers Now - For Tomorrow: Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:43 AM

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:31
  • 6:38 AM

    Four Taiwanese Folk Songs: Rain Night Flower

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    4:22
  • 6:29 AM

    Glass Ensemble

    Michael Riesman, conductor

    7:21
  • 6:01 AM

    Doors of Thy Mercy

    Alexander Kastalsky

    Clarion Choir

    Steven Fox, conductor

    4:41