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  • 5:36 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    William Banfield

    Childs, B: The Distant Land, etc.

    Akron Symphony Orchestra

    Alan Balter, conductor

    22:51
  • 5:32 AM

    The Never-Ending Ocean of Identity

    Quinn Mason

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:39
  • 5:22 AM

    Nocturnes: Nuages (Clouds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Nocturnes; Ravel, Scriabin

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    7:46
  • 5:06 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    15:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Fermi's Paradox

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:49
  • 4:58 AM

    Spring: Breeze

    Josef Suk

    Intimate Studies: Piano Music by Janacek, Haas, Martinu, Suk

    Lada Valesova, piano

    1:56
  • 4:33 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Poeme

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    24:46
  • 4:22 AM

    Secret and Glass Gardens

    Jennifer Higdon

    Phoenix

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    9:09
  • 4:14 AM

    Ambarvalia

    Ruth Gipps

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    7:48
  • 4:06 AM

    Allegretto

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Parker Quartet

    6:13
  • 4:01 AM

    The Shining Shore

    Traditional

    Gloryland

    Anonymous 4

    4:42
  • 3:42 AM

    Isaac Stern, violin

    Yefim Bronfman, piano

    16:05
  • 3:41 AM

    Magnolia Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    17:25
  • 3:24 AM

    Magnolia Suite

    Nathaniel Dett

    Denver Oldham, piano

    17:25
  • 3:20 AM

    Let God Bring Tomorrow

    Joshua McGhee

    Where Freedom Rings: Compositions by Contemporary African American Composers

    Picasso Ensemble

    Douglas Brown, bassoon

    4:27
  • 2:40 AM

    Sonata for Violin and Strings, Kreutzer

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Kyu-Young Kim

    40:00
  • 2:27 AM

    For Justice and Peace

    Xavier Foley

    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Xavier Foley

    Eunice Kim

    9:30
  • 2:10 AM

    Gran Duo Concertante

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Xavier Foley

    Eunice Kim

    15:00
  • 1:50 AM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Barcarolle, Polonaise-Fantasie, Ballade No. 4, etc.

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    8:42
  • 1:23 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    25:20
  • 1:17 AM

    Lonely Waterloo

    Traditional Newfoundland

    On the Rock

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    3:59
  • 1:06 AM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    10:14
  • 1:01 AM

    Gondoliera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 12:51 AM

    Motion

    Nico Muhly

    Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing

    Aurora Orchestra

    Nicholas Collon, conductor

    7:26
  • 12:26 AM

    Symphony No. 43 "Mercury"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    23:55
  • 12:20 AM

    Movement for String Trio

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    Sanford Allen, violin

    3:57
  • 12:06 AM

    Popular Andean Dances

    Celso Garrido-Lecca

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    12:59
  • 12:01 AM

    Quintet for Glass and Strings: Brisk

    Garry Eister

    Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages

    Emerson String Quartet

    Dennis James, Armonica

    4:53
  • 11:49 PM

    Rhapsodie d'Auvergne

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    8:55
  • 11:31 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    Thomas: Hamlet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 11:17 PM

    Variazioni

    Cirilla Branca Cambiasi

    Femmes Compositrices

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    12:23
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    9:44
  • 11:01 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    English Brass Music of the 17th Century

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:52
  • 10:44 PM

    Rounds for String Orchestra

    David Diamond

    David Diamond, Vol. 5: Rounds

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    14:17
  • 10:16 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No 5; Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    26:50
  • 10:12 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 3, Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

    3:00
  • 10:06 PM

    Military March

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    4:10
  • 10:01 PM

    Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor

    4:46
  • 9:51 PM

    Shelter Island

    Xavier Dubois Foley

    Randall Goosby, violin

    Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass

    5:11
  • 9:37 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

    Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor

    Jan Lisiecki, piano

    13:45
  • 9:33 PM

    Six Pieces: Romance

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Paul and Pauline Viardot: Works for Violin and Piano

    Reto Kuppel, violin

    3:10
  • 6:23 PM

    LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, act I and II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Met Opera live

    95:00
  • 5:57 PM

    Don Giovanni: Minuet

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mad About Mozart

    Wolfgang Schulz, flute

    1:05
  • 5:42 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    15:12
  • 5:36 PM

    Wisdom and her sisters

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Anonymous 4

    5:30
  • 5:25 PM

    Sinfonia

    Johann Hasse

    Concerto Koln

    Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

    9:26
  • 5:10 PM

    Springtime Suite

    Eric Coates

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:25
  • 5:06 PM

    Song without Words No. 32

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    1:56
  • 5:01 PM

    Reverie

    Claude Debussy

    Together Again

    Julian Bream, guitar

    4:42
  • 4:45 PM

    Hidden Figures: Hidden Figures

    Hans Zimmer/Pharrell Williams/Benjamin Wallfisch

    Hidden Figures Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    3:49
  • 4:42 PM

    Hidden Figures: Lift Off

    Hans Zimmer/Pharrell Williams/Benjamin Wallfisch

    Hidden Figures Original Motion Picture Score

    Studio Orchestra

    3:12
  • 4:31 PM

    Black Panther: United Nations/End Credits

    Ludwig Goransson

    Studio Orchestra

    7:32
  • 4:28 PM

    BlacKkKlansman: Photo Opps

    Terence Blanchard

    BlacKkKlansman Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    3:39
  • 4:21 PM

    Amistad: Dry Your Tears Afrika

    John Williams

    Amistad Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:18
  • 4:19 PM

    Amistad: Going Home

    John Williams

    Amistad Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    2:02
  • 4:13 PM

    12 Years a Slave: Washington; Solomon

    Hans Zimmer

    12 Years a Slave: Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    3:58
  • 4:08 PM

    Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme

    Max Steiner

    Royal Philharmonic Pops

    John Scott, conductor

    3:50
  • 4:01 PM

    The Color Purple: Theme

    Quincy Jones

    1985 At The Movies

    Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    Belinda Broughton, violin

    4:45
  • 3:41 PM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:35
  • 3:33 PM

    Grand Duo Concertant: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:07
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 17

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:50
  • 3:06 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:26
  • 2:52 PM

    Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Die Zauberflote

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:31
  • 2:49 PM

    Chilly Gonzales, piano

    2:40
  • 2:26 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    21:46
  • 2:15 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    9:19
  • 2:06 PM

    Shuo Chang

    Chen Yi

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:06
  • 1:41 PM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 1:16 PM

    Concerto for Two Clarinets

    Franz Krommer

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    23:41
  • 1:06 PM

    Prelude and Fugue

    Ethel Smyth

    Liana Serbescu, piano

    8:08
  • 1:01 PM

    Czech Suite: Sousedska

    Antonin Dvorak

    Padua Chamber Orchestra

    David Golub, conductor

    4:35
  • 12:49 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
  • 12:40 PM

    Harlem Symphony: April in Harlem

    James Price Johnson

    Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:46
  • 12:36 PM

    Pine Trees

    Mary Lattimore

    Silver Ladders

    Mary Lattimore, harp

    3:19
  • 12:21 PM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 12:07 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Barry Tuckwell, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    14:00
  • 12:01 PM

    Hugh Aston's Ground

    Edward Collard

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:48
  • 11:40 AM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    17:57
  • 11:18 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven, Brahms: Trios

    Jon Manasse, clarinet

    20:21
  • 11:06 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Chandos Baroque Players

    10:41
  • 11:01 AM

    Sleepsong

    Rolf Lovland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    4:36
  • 10:50 AM

    Dawn

    Heino Eller

    Music from Estonia, Vol. 1

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    John Digney, oboe

    8:10
  • 10:44 AM

    Aguas da Amazonia: Madeira River

    Philip Glass

    Paddle to the Sea

    Third Coast Percussion

    5:43
  • 10:20 AM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op 76

    Amadeus Quartet

    22:35
  • 10:13 AM

    Notturno

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Nocturnes

    Michael Landrum, piano

    4:57
  • 10:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:22
  • 10:01 AM

    Chasing Butterflies

    Issam Rafea/Gao Hong

    Life As Is

    Issam Rafea, oud

    4:26
  • 9:42 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Samuel Barber

    Muse

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    16:42
  • 9:27 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams, Delius, Walton

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    13:36
  • 9:11 AM

    Become River

    John Luther Adams

    The Become Trilogy

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    14:49
  • 9:06 AM

    The Tree of Life

    Alexandre Desplat

    Traffic Quintet Plays Alexander Desplat

    Traffic Quintet

    Alain Planes, piano

    4:20
  • 9:01 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:35
  • 8:54 AM

    Sei Sei

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    3:53
  • 8:26 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere"

    Franz Berwald

    Franz Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    28:23
  • 8:06 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    George Li, piano

    17:48
  • 8:01 AM

    Bees and Bumblebees

    Eugene Arcade Dede

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:28 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

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

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 7:20 AM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Quartets 1 and 3

    Heath Quartet

    6:31
  • 7:06 AM

    Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    12:52
  • 7:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Jongen, D'Indy, Bernard, Schmitt

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 6:26 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    John Field

    Field: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    John O'Conor, piano

    32:11
  • 6:21 AM

    Rumores de la Caleta (Murmurs from the Bay)

    Isaac Albeniz

    Albeniz: Piano Music for Guitar

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:15
  • 6:06 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 6:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46