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  • 4:56 AM

    Slumber Song

    Howard Hanson

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:32
  • 4:38 AM

    Harp Concertino

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Gillian Benet, harp

    16:01
  • 4:15 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Philip Glass

    Brooklyn Rider

    22:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Sainte-Chapelle

    Eric Whitacre

    Eric Whitacre: Sainte-Chapelle

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Philips, conductor

    8:29
  • 4:01 AM

    The Veil of the Temple: Mother of God, Here I Stand

    John Tavener

    White Light: The Space Between

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:55 AM

    Sei Sei

    Kaki King

    Kaki King, guitar

    3:53
  • 3:44 AM

    Come to the Woods

    Jake Runestad

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Stephen Swanson, piano

    11:02
  • 3:15 AM

    Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Stewart Robertson, conductor

    26:15
  • 3:06 AM

    Scenes from the Poet's Dreams: Summer Shimmers Across the Glass of Green Ponds

    Jennifer Higdon

    Lark Quartet

    Gary Graffman, piano

    6:58
  • 3:01 AM

    Sospiri (Sighs)

    Edward Elgar

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    4:48
  • 2:47 AM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 2:36 AM

    Child: Sweet Air

    David Lang

    Sentieri Selvaggi

    Carlo Baccadoro, conductor

    8:49
  • 2:20 AM

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Samuel Barber

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    David Zinman, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    15:11
  • 2:06 AM

    Ocean's Kingdom: Moonrise

    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom

    London Classical Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    12:25
  • 2:01 AM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Shining Night

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:51
  • 1:51 AM

    Romance

    Gerald Finzi

    Finzi: Suite From "Love's Labours Lost", Clarinet Concerto, Prelude, Romance

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:58
  • 1:19 AM

    String Quartet

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    31:48
  • 1:07 AM

    Symphony No. 4: Andantino

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    9:39
  • 1:01 AM

    Song without Words

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Marcy Rosen, cello

    4:41
  • 12:35 AM

    Serenade No. 11

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K375 & K388, etc.

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    23:49
  • 12:15 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sunday Symphony"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3; Wood Notes

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    17:48
  • 12:11 AM

    Nocturne

    Zenobia Powell Perry

    Zenobia Powell Perry: Piano Works

    Deanne Tucker, piano

    2:12
  • 12:06 AM

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ilpo Mansnerus, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:01 AM

    Butterfly's Day Out

    Mark O'Connor

    Appalachia Waltz

    Mark O'Connor, mandolin

    4:43
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"

    Charles Ives

    Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    21:17
  • 11:19 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:14
  • 11:10 PM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    John Williams: The Berlin Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    8:01
  • 11:07 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Stephen Hough, piano

    2:53
  • 11:01 PM

    Concert Suite No. 6: La Poule (The Hen)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:31
  • 10:50 PM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:20 PM

    Piano Trio No. 5 "Ghost"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Trios

    Trio Sora

    27:38
  • 10:13 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    French Showpieces

    Quebec Symphony Orchestra

    Yoav Talmi, conductor

    5:31
  • 10:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 10

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    6:23
  • 10:01 PM

    String Quartet: 1st movement

    Josef Myslivecek

    Dolezal Quartet

    4:39
  • 9:48 PM

    The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphony No. 2, etc.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:32
  • 9:42 PM

    Sonora Slocum, flute

    John Wilson, piano

    3:46
  • 9:33 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 9:06 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    James Galway: The Man with the Golden Flute

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    25:40
  • 8:50 PM

    Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra

    Jerome Moross

    London Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:55
  • 8:15 PM

    Symphonic Dances

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Symphonic Dances

    Utah Symphony

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    34:27
  • 8:06 PM

    Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"

    Frederic Chopin

    Evgeny Kissin, piano

    6:28
  • 8:01 PM

    Chacony (Chaconne)

    Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    4:34
  • 4:46 PM

    Three American Sketches

    Peter Hope

    British by Arrangement 2

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    11:42
  • 4:42 PM

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    4:12
  • 4:16 PM

    Ascanio: Act III Ballet music

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    24:18
  • 4:10 PM

    Ascanio in Alba: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    3:34
  • 4:06 PM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Salut d'Amour

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:51
  • 4:01 PM

    Minuet No. 1

    Giacomo Puccini

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

    4:39
  • 3:47 PM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    Pierne: Orchestral Works

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:49
  • 3:43 PM

    Swipesy

    Scott Joplin/Arthur Marshall

    Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:52
  • 3:25 PM

    Clarinet Concerto

    Aaron Copland

    Louisville Orchestra

    Jason Seber, conductor

    Teddy Abrams, clarinet

    16:33
  • 3:21 PM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    2:45
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Echo"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 34-47

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:52
  • 3:01 PM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33
  • 2:37 PM

    Symphonic Variations

    Antonin Dvorak

    Brahms: Nine Hungarian Dances; Dvorak

    North German Radio Symphony

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    21:15
  • 2:22 PM

    Keyboard Sonata

    Anna Bon di Venezia

    The Future is Female: Vol. 1 In Nature

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    13:12
  • 2:17 PM

    Hymn for String Orchestra

    Henry Cowell

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Karen Elaine, viola

    5:05
  • 2:06 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 2:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    4:41
  • 1:49 PM

    Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    9:36
  • 1:36 PM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    12:49
  • 1:28 PM

    Born on the Fourth of July: Theme

    John Williams

    Copland, Williams: Music for the Stage and Screen

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:20
  • 1:20 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 1:06 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Georg Anton Benda

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    12:09
  • 1:01 PM

    Mrs Anne Grene her Leaves be Green

    John Danyel

    Nocturnal

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:52
  • 10:42 AM

    Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

    Evencio Castellanos

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    16:19
  • 10:30 AM

    Hymn to a Blue Hour

    John Mackey

    Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:38
  • 10:20 AM

    Almost Morning

    Jeff Beal

    Trio Accento

    Michael Chang, viola

    9:10
  • 10:13 AM

    Song for Orchestra

    Ruth Gipps

    Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4, etc.

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Garrick Ohlsson, piano

    5:46
  • 10:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 9:50 AM

    Fantasia Suite No. 6

    William Lawes

    London Baroque

    8:42
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Paul Creston

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    26:00
  • 9:15 AM

    Plea for Peace

    Augusta Read Thomas

    Jennie Oh Brown: Giantess

    Jennie Oh Brown, alto flute

    5:44
  • 9:06 AM

    Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

    Alan Hovhaness

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    7:42
  • 9:01 AM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:50 AM

    Piano Trio: Pale Yellow

    Jennifer Higdon

    Lincoln Trio

    8:28
  • 8:35 AM

    Finding Rothko

    Adam Schoenberg

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    14:48
  • 8:25 AM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozzafiato

    8:37
  • 8:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    Heuberger/Fuchs/Straus: Serenaden

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 8:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 7:42 AM

    String Quartet No. 2 "musica instrumentalis": Sarabande Double, Sarabande Simple

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Jasper String Quartet

    16:09
  • 7:37 AM

    Gymnopedie

    James Sutcliffe

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:11
  • 7:15 AM

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    20:37
  • 7:06 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Etude-Tableau No. 5

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Yuja Wang, piano

    4:32
  • 6:29 AM

    Waltz Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6; Waltz Suite

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    29:07
  • 6:16 AM

    city beautiful

    Shawn E. Okpebholo

    Lincoln Trio

    11:21
  • 6:06 AM

    Quiet City

    Aaron Copland

    Nashville Chamber Orchestra

    Paul Gambill, conductor

    Paula Engerer, English horn

    Scott Moore, trumpet

    9:15
  • 6:01 AM

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 19. New York

    John Cage

    Arditti String Quartet

    4:35
  • 5:41 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 5:27 AM

    Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    11:59
  • 5:06 AM

    Serenade

    Endre Szervanszky

    1948

    Erdody Chamber Orchestra

    Zsolt Szefcsik, conductor

    20:20
  • 5:01 AM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Introducing Shannon Lee, violin

    Shannon Lee, violin

    4:39
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