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  • 5:53 AM

    Stars

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Wandering Heart

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 5:40 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Kernis: Colored Field, Musica Celestis, Air

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:22
  • 5:31 AM

    The Awakened Heart: Epiphany

    Richard Danielpour

    Richard Danielpour: Symphony No. 3

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:33
  • 5:28 AM

    love fail: Head, Heart

    David Lang

    Lorelei Ensemble

    3:14
  • 5:13 AM

    Shadow Light

    Elena Ruehr

    Bespoke: NOW Commissions for chamber orchestra

    New Orchestra of Washington

    Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

    Marcus Thompson, viola

    12:28
  • 5:06 AM

    The Shadow of Sirius: The Nomad Flute

    Joel Puckett

    Shadow of Sirius

    University of Texas Wind Ensemble

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    Marianne Gedigian, flute

    5:40
  • 5:01 AM

    The Snow

    Redi Hasa

    The Stolen Cello

    Redi Hasa, cello

    4:32
  • 4:51 AM

    Filigree in Textile: Gold

    Han Lash

    JACK Quartet

    6:37
  • 4:44 AM

    Take the Dog Sled: Cradle Song

    Alexina Louie

    Louie: Take the Dog Sled

    Esprit Orchestra

    Alex Pauk, conductor

    5:59
  • 4:28 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    14:18
  • 4:07 AM

    Markings

    Ulysses Kay

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    19:15
  • 4:01 AM

    Scattered Light

    Jane Antonia Cornish

    Hamilton Berry, cello

    4:35
  • 3:40 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    18:37
  • 3:31 AM

    Summer Night on the River

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:13
  • 3:26 AM

    Treemonisha: A Real Slow Drag

    Scott Joplin

    The Band

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:50
  • 3:06 AM

    Sonatina

    Antonin Dvorak

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    19:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:47 AM

    Rondo Arlecchinesco

    Ferruccio Busoni

    Ferruccio Busoni - Orchestral Works

    North German Radio Symphony

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    11:38
  • 2:25 AM

    Symphony No. 49 "La Passione"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    20:44
  • 2:11 AM

    Harp Sonata

    Paul Hindemith

    Judy Loman, harp

    11:47
  • 2:06 AM

    The Shepherd Girl's Sunday

    Ole Bull

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:04
  • 2:01 AM

    Spring Waltz

    Agustin Barrios

    Music of Barrios

    David Russell, guitar

    4:32
  • 1:47 AM

    Concerto for Three Basset Horns

    Jiri Druzecky

    Charles Neidich And Clarimonia And Solamente Naturali

    Orchestra Solamente Naturali

    Charles Neidich, conductor

    11:09
  • 1:26 AM

    Burleske

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Burleske

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    19:13
  • 1:14 AM

    Chamber Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: La Notte - Concerti per strumenti diversi

    Musica Pacifica

    10:19
  • 1:07 AM

    Glass Houses: No. 2

    Ann Southam

    Mirrored Glass

    Taktus

    6:51
  • 1:01 AM

    Trumpet Sonata

    Giuseppe Torelli

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:47
  • 12:41 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jahja Ling, conductor

    Rolf Smedvig, trumpet

    17:47
  • 12:31 AM

    Piano Quintet: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 - Piano Quintet in F Minor

    Hagen Quartet

    Kirill Gerstein, piano

    8:30
  • 12:25 AM

    Faire is the heaven

    William H. Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:07
  • 12:10 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Joan Trimble

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christopher Parkening, guitar

    3:16
  • 12:01 AM

    The Grumpy Old Bear

    Julius Fucik

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

    4:36
  • 11:55 PM

    Procession of the Sardar

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Great Marches

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:44
  • 11:27 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 11:19 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    6:33
  • 11:14 PM

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:06
  • 11:11 PM

    Queen Elizabeth's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    1:14
  • 11:06 PM

    The Queen's Hall

    Edward Elgar

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:55
  • 11:01 PM

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    George Frideric Handel

    The Power Of Love: Arias From Handel Operas

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    4:43
  • 10:53 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
  • 10:49 PM

    Pickles and Peppers

    Adaline Shepherd

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:38
  • 10:35 PM

    Spanish Folk Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

    12:38
  • 10:21 PM

    Symphony No. 16

    Carlos Baguer

    Baguer: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    13:17
  • 10:06 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna

    Bedrich Smetana

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Eliahu Inbal, conductor

    13:27
  • 10:01 PM

    Yael Weiss, piano

    2:39
  • 9:39 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Alexander Glazunov

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Nikolaj Znaider, violin

    19:46
  • 9:37 PM

    Etude No. 5 "Black Keys"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yundi Li: Chopin

    Yundi Li, piano

    1:40
  • 9:31 PM

    La Traviata: Prelude to Act I

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Ultimate Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Carlo Rizzi, conductor

    4:21
  • 9:28 PM

    La Traviata

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    3:02
  • 9:16 PM

    Flute Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    9:41
  • 9:06 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:02
  • 9:01 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

    Ferde Grofe

    Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, Gershwin: Catfish Row

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:43
  • 6:56 PM

    A Night to Remember: Main Title

    William Alwyn

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    2:34
  • 6:49 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    7:51
  • 6:43 PM

    Empire Brass

    5:16
  • 6:18 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Complete Piano Concertos

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    23:34
  • 6:06 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Intimate Masterpieces

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    11:25
  • 6:01 PM

    O Praise the Lord

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Solace

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Natrickie Louissaint, soprano

    4:38
  • 5:39 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, & 3

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    19:50
  • 5:20 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    18:39
  • 5:12 PM

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Traditional Chinese

    Sketches of China

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    5:00
  • 5:06 PM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 5:01 PM

    Wind Quintet: 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carion Wind Quintet

    4:35
  • 4:48 PM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Janine Jansen, violin

    9:54
  • 4:23 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    23:55
  • 4:17 PM

    Fantastic Dance

    Enrique Soro

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    4:25
  • 4:06 PM

    Double Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Gli Incogniti

    Giuliano Carmignola, violin

    Amandine Beyer, violin

    9:59
  • 4:01 PM

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    4:49
  • 3:53 PM

    Rhapsody

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Piano Pieces Opp. 116-119

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    5:02
  • 3:33 PM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam

    Mario Venzago, conductor

    19:07
  • 3:28 PM

    Romance

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:51
  • 3:14 PM

    Keyboard Concerto No. 7

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    13:04
  • 3:05 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    8:20
  • 3:01 PM

    The Planets: Jupiter (selection)

    Gustav Holst

    John Silliman Dodge, guitar

    2:00
  • 2:57 PM

    Perpetual Motion (Perpetuum mobile)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Concert A La Carte

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    2:54
  • 2:49 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 3

    Johann Quantz

    Baroque Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Barry Tuckwell, horn

    7:11
  • 2:42 PM

    Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra

    Gabriel Faure

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    William Bennett, flute

    5:12
  • 2:34 PM

    Six English Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    Warlock: Capriol Suite; The Curlew; Six English Tunes; Serenade; Six Italian Dance Tunes; Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    7:11
  • 2:27 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:01
  • 2:24 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:11
  • 2:19 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Pure Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:28
  • 2:10 PM

    Gayane: Russian Dance

    Aram Khachaturian

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    3:48
  • 2:04 PM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 1:51 PM

    Water Music Suite No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Water Music, Il Pastor Fido

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:48
  • 1:47 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 7

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

    Jenny Lin, piano

    3:09
  • 1:38 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:11
  • 1:32 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:11
  • 1:28 PM

    Roma Suite: Waltz

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:21
  • 1:21 PM

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    6:27
  • 1:09 PM

    Covent Garden: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:12
  • 1:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    3:54
  • 12:52 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: The Bartered Bride & From My Life

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Geoffrey Simon, conductor

    5:39
  • 12:47 PM

    Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods: Fast

    Bruce Broughton

    Dance Sketches

    Chicago Harp Quartet

    4:00
  • 12:35 PM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:41
  • 12:32 PM

    Frasquita: Serenade

    Franz Lehar

    Viennese Violin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Robert McDuffie, violin

    2:08
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    8:43
  • 12:17 PM

    Shells of the Ocean

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    4:13
  • 12:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Franz Schubert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:04 PM

    Three Pieces for Oboe and Strings: Minuet

    Gustav Holst

    English Music for Oboe and String Quartet

    English String Quartet

    Sarah Francis, oboe

    5:13
  • 11:45 AM

    Overture on a Spanish March Theme

    Mily Balakirev

    M. Balakirev: Symphony Music

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    13:20
  • 11:42 AM

    Richmond Rag

    May Aufderheide

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:11
  • 11:34 AM

    Hercules Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Hercules

    English Baroque Soloists

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    6:58
  • 11:21 AM

    Piano Sonata

    John Field

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    12:55
  • 11:18 AM

    Budapest Brass Quintet

    1:28
  • 11:11 AM

    Sophisticated Lady

    Duke Ellington

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    5:52
  • 11:06 AM

    Carmen: Seguedilla

    Georges Bizet

    Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra of Milan

    Karel Mark Chichon, conductor

    Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

    Roberto Alagna, tenor

    4:41
  • 11:01 AM

    Symphony No. 18: 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Volume 1

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:37
  • 10:50 AM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:35
  • 10:29 AM

    Serenade for Winds

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    19:39
  • 10:22 AM

    Louise: Depuis le jour ou je me suis donnee (Since the day)

    Gustave Charpentier

    Soprano

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    Nicole Cabell, soprano

    5:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Cello Sonata

    Luigi Boccherini

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Hopkinson Smith, guitar

    Wieland Kuijken, cello

    14:58
  • 10:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46
  • 9:24 AM

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    34:40
  • 9:19 AM

    May Cause Dizziness

    Michael Kurth

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    3:30
  • 9:06 AM

    Flute Quartet No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Jasmine Choi, flute

    Florian Zwiauer, violin

    Vera Reigersberg, viola

    Attila Szekely, cello

    11:46
  • 9:01 AM

    Estampes: Pagodas

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images; Estampes; Children's Corner; Masques

    Steven Osborne, piano

    4:45
  • 8:41 AM

    Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Love Death)

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner for Orchestra

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    17:26
  • 8:32 AM

    Thibaut Garcia, guitar

    8:20
  • 8:25 AM

    JFK: Theme

    John Williams

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    5:07
  • 8:06 AM

    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

    18:26
  • 8:01 AM

    Inishlacken: Evening Ceili

    Bill Whelan

    RTE National Symphony Orchestra

    David Brophy, conductor

    Zoe Conway, violin

    Helena Woods, violin

    4:44
  • 7:54 AM

    A Teardrop (Une larme)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Moscow Chamber Orchestra

    Constantine Orbelian, conductor

    4:00
  • 7:29 AM

    String Quartet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: String Quartets

    Eroica Quartet

    24:09
  • 7:06 AM

    Harlem Symphony

    James Price Johnson

    Concordia

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    21:44
  • 7:01 AM

    Miniatures: Brecolada and Copla

    Joan Manen

    National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    4:31
  • 6:36 AM

    Symphony No. 31

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness Treasures

    Northwest Sinfonia

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:59
  • 6:23 AM

    A Shropshire Lad

    George Butterworth

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:36
  • 6:06 AM

    Variations on "La bergere Celimene"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Sonatas

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    16:11
  • 6:01 AM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
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