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  • 5:31 AM

    Double Concerto

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

    Sophie Langdon, violin

    Richard Watkins, horn

    28:06
  • 5:20 AM

    Greenwich Variations

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen, piano

    10:02
  • 5:06 AM

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Uto Ughi, violin

    11:59
  • 5:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Joaquin Rodrigo: Works for Solo Guitar

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 4:48 AM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 4:29 AM

    Fantasy Variations

    Ulysses Kay

    Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - U. Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    17:55
  • 4:24 AM

    Ballade No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    Awadagin Pratt: A Long Way from Normal

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    3:48
  • 4:18 AM

    Requiem: Benedictus

    Sigurdur Saevarsson

    Ice Land: The Eternal Music

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:15
  • 4:06 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Magnificat

    Trondheim Soloists

    12:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Fable of a Wistful Night

    Leokadia Myszynska-Woyciechowska

    Magdalena Lisak, piano

    4:42
  • 3:58 AM

    Three Spring Miniatures: Gossamer

    William S Lloyd Webber

    Lloyd Webber: Invocation

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    1:35
  • 3:19 AM

    Symphonic Dances, Opus 45

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Minnesota Orchestra live from Orchestra Hall

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    Jean-Guihen Queyras

    35:00
  • 2:45 AM

    Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of ca. 41’ Knightly Character, Opus 35

    Richard Strauss

    Minnesota Orchestra live from Orchestra Hall

    Jean-Guihen Queyras

    41:00
  • 2:44 AM

    Short Piece for Orchestra

    Julia Perry

    Minnesota Orchestra live from Orchestra Hall

    Karina Canellakis, conductor

    Jean-Guihen Queyras

    :01
  • 1:52 AM

    Cerulean: Lullaby

    David Biedenbender

    Ex Machina

    Donald Sinta Quartet

    5:48
  • 1:12 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

    Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano

    39:17
  • 1:06 AM

    My Lord What a Moanin'

    Adolphus Hailstork

    McCullough Chorale

    Donald McCullough, conductor

    3:34
  • 1:01 AM

    Cantabile

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini Duos

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:44
  • 12:56 AM

    Bagatelle No. 1

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    2:17
  • 12:53 AM

    Prelude No. 2

    Vasyl Barvinskyi

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    3:22
  • 12:26 AM

    Cello Sonata No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Hope Amid Tears

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    25:53
  • 11:31 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    46:13
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    27:00
  • 10:53 PM

    O sacrum convivium

    Vytautas Miskinis

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:48 PM

    Passagalia

    Chris Granias

    Broken Sweets

    Rebecca Thoennes, piano

    3:46
  • 10:27 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    19:01
  • 10:09 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    5:27
  • 9:56 PM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Variation

    Cesar Franck

    Awadagin Pratt: Live from South Africa

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    10:13
  • 9:37 PM

    Four Postludes

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    16:43
  • 9:30 PM

    Prayer of the Children

    Kurt Bestor

    When the Snow Lay 'Round About

    Minnesota Boychoir

    5:30
  • 9:13 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Choral": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    14:11
  • 9:01 PM

    String Quintet No. 4: Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quintets K515/K516

    Takacs Quartet

    Gyorgy Pauk, viola

    8:32
  • 6:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    16:19
  • 6:15 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    Marie Luise Neunecker, horn

    24:34
  • 6:11 PM

    Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Jan Vogler, cello

    3:25
  • 6:06 PM

    Barcarolle

    Florence Price

    Phenomenal Women

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:37
  • 6:01 PM

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Johanna Novom, violin

    4:53
  • 5:51 PM

    String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    Bartok, Borodin, Smetana: String Quartets

    Takacs Quartet

    7:03
  • 5:25 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 7

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Leon Fleisher, conductor

    Leon Fleisher, piano

    Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, piano

    25:00
  • 5:20 PM

    Consort for Ten Winds: Aubade

    Robert Spittal

    Atlanta Chamber Winds

    Robert J. Ambrose, conductor

    4:03
  • 5:07 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    12:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    4:40
  • 4:48 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    10:16
  • 4:42 PM

    Tarantella

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Winged Creatures

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:08
  • 4:18 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    21:46
  • 4:15 PM

    Rumba

    Carlos Salzedo

    Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    1:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Raymond Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    8:07
  • 4:01 PM

    Boulder Brass

    4:38
  • 3:46 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto and Co.

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    11:58
  • 3:42 PM

    A Morning

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Emotions

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    3:10
  • 3:35 PM

    Zaide: Ruhe sanft

    Wolfgang Mozart

    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    6:00
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Christoph Perick, conductor

    18:34
  • 2:45 PM

    Triple Concerto: Rondo alla Polacca

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Eroica Trio: Beethoven - Triple Concerto Op. 56 & Piano Trio Op. 11

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    13:05
  • 2:40 PM

    Horn Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Franz Strauss

    Polish National Radio Symphony

    Ifor James, horn

    4:00
  • 2:37 PM

    Rondino a la Chasse

    Franz Strauss

    Detmold Horn Quartet

    :00
  • 2:34 PM

    Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Canadian Brass

    :00
  • 2:33 PM

    Albason Fanfare

    Gottfried Reiche

    Canadian Brass

    :00
  • 2:30 PM

    Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

    Traditional

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:06
  • 2:22 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Piano Concertos, Etc

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:15
  • 2:18 PM

    Peanuts Gallery: Peppermint Patty and Marcie Lead the Parade

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Jimenez, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:10
  • 2:08 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 9

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    6:29
  • 2:04 PM

    The Birds: Prelude

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:49
  • 1:51 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Soiree

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:08
  • 1:42 PM

    Plymouth Hoe

    John Ansell

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    7:57
  • 1:35 PM

    The Tempest: Curtain Tune

    Matthew Locke

    Il Giardino Armonico

    :00
  • 1:30 PM

    String Quartet: 3rd movement

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    4:25
  • 1:25 PM

    Flute Quartet No. 6

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Dolezal Quartet

    Loic Poulain, flute

    4:20
  • 1:16 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos 35-41

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Karl Bohm, conductor

    7:55
  • 1:13 PM

    Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty o' Nothing

    George Gershwin

    Robert McFerrin, baritone

    3:99
  • 1:06 PM

    Samson: Let the bright Seraphim

    George Frederick Handel

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    John Nelson, conductor

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    4:00
  • 12:52 PM

    Swan Lake: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Waltzes

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Sergiu Comissiona, conductor

    7:21
  • 12:47 PM

    Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    3:34
  • 12:39 PM

    The Little Square Suite

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Wolf-Ferrari: Suites and Overtures

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:31 PM

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:05
  • 12:22 PM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    7:17
  • 12:17 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    4:43
  • 12:08 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 9

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:41
  • 12:04 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Andre Watts, piano

    2:48
  • 11:43 AM

    Occasional Suite

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    15:02
  • 11:36 AM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Fidelio - Highlights

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    6:28
  • 11:30 AM

    Petite Symphony: 1st movement

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    5:36
  • 11:23 AM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 11:13 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Scottish Ensemble

    Jonathan Morton, conductor

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    7:16
  • 11:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    6:40
  • 11:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 52: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    4:45
  • 10:45 AM

    Fantasie

    Robert Schumann

    Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Fantasy op. 131

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    13:12
  • 10:23 AM

    Eternal Longing

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:25
  • 10:12 AM

    Bleached Memories

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Bluetongue

    Guitar Trek

    10:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    Return

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    4:34
  • 10:01 AM

    Elegies of Thule: The Night is Darkening

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    35:05
  • 9:16 AM

    Magnificat

    Sigurdur Saevarsson

    Ice Land: The Eternal Music

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:06 AM

    Piano Quintet: II. Very Spacious

    Jonathan Dove

    Jonathan Dove | In Damascus

    Sacconi Quartet

    Charles Owen, piano

    8:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Sarabanda

    Nino Rota

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:51
  • 8:38 AM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Maurice Ravel

    Diamond Settings: Hommage a Satie

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    20:54
  • 8:35 AM

    Dammrung senkte sich von oben (Twilight sank from high above)

    Fanny Mendelssohn

    Elles

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    2:12
  • 8:12 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    21:01
  • 8:06 AM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    5:34
  • 8:01 AM

    Triquilandia/Seguidilla

    Emilio Pujol

    David Russell, guitar

    4:42
  • 7:50 AM

    A Winter Idyll

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:59
  • 7:28 AM

    English Suite No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    20:57
  • 7:06 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc.

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

    Sarah Jeffrey, oboe

    19:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: The Lord's Prayer (Otche nash)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    4:38
  • 6:51 AM

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Claude Debussy

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    Stanley Drucker, clarinet

    7:39
  • 6:44 AM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Arianna Savall

    The Wind Rose

    Hirundo Maris

    Arianna Savall, mezzo-soprano

    5:16
  • 6:14 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Joaquin Turina

    Turina: Chamber Music For Strings And Piano

    Lincoln Trio

    Jasmine Lin, violin

    29:58
  • 6:06 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Violin Concerto

    Lucerne Festival Strings

    Daniel Dodds, conductor

    Midori, violin

    6:02
  • 6:01 AM

    Rondo Amoroso

    Harald Saeverud

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Per Dreier, conductor

    4:35
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