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  • 4:50 AM

    The Fenix

    Edie Hill

    Edie Hill: Clay Jug

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    8:28
  • 4:17 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Renaud Capucon, conductor

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    31:46
  • 4:07 AM

    Daughter of the Waves

    Sarah Kirkland Snider

    yMusic

    8:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Air to Breath

    Daniel Bjarnason

    Gyda Valtysdottir, cello

    4:39
  • 3:41 AM

    In a Treeless Place, Only Snow

    John Luther Adams

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    17:25
  • 3:39 AM

    Autumn Landscapes: Cold autumn night

    Veljo Tormis

    Holst Singers

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    1:20
  • 3:34 AM

    Brigid's Flame

    Amy Williams

    What Is Left Behind

    Matthew McCright, piano

    3:38
  • 3:30 AM

    I Conversed with You in a Dream: A Delicate Fire

    Jocelyn Morlock

    Lara Deutsch, flute

    Philip Chiu, piano

    3:00
  • 3:15 AM

    Seasonal Music: Winter Music

    Christopher Stark

    Momenta Quartet

    12:58
  • 3:06 AM

    Heat curls up from the dust

    Jeff Herriott

    Dawn Chorus

    Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

    Bill Ryan, conductor

    7:17
  • 3:01 AM

    For Now I Am Winter

    Olafur Arnalds

    Winter

    Voces8

    4:41
  • 2:49 AM

    Rustic Suite (Suite Champetre)

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:00
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helen Huang

    New York Philharmonic

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Helen Huang, piano

    28:03
  • 2:15 AM

    Gracias a la Vida

    Violeta Parra

    Saudade

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    2:26
  • 2:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 2:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 1:52 AM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    Provenance

    Kinnara Ensemble

    J.D. Burnett, conductor

    6:39
  • 1:20 AM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47, Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Midori, violin

    30:30
  • 1:10 AM

    Three Spirituals

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Virginia Symphony Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    8:08
  • 1:06 AM

    To a Wild Rose

    Edward MacDowell

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    2:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Enfantines: selections

    Ernest Bloch

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    4:46
  • 12:53 AM

    Voyevoda: Dance of the Hay Girls

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite / Breiner, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    5:32
  • 12:18 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    33:52
  • 12:11 AM

    Peace

    Jessie Montgomery

    Here With You

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    4:39
  • 12:06 AM

    All Through the Night

    Traditional Welsh

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:21
  • 12:01 AM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Sarah Chang, violin

    Sandra Rivers, piano

    4:44
  • 11:50 PM

    Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

    George Chadwick

    Chadwick: Symphony No. 2; Symphonic Sketches

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:26 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:01
  • 11:18 PM

    Seattle Slew: Preakness Promenade

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    7:38
  • 11:12 PM

    Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna

    4:55
  • 11:07 PM

    Rhine Nymphs: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:25
  • 11:01 PM

    Humoresque No. 3

    Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Pekka Kuusisto, conductor

    Pekka Kuusisto, violin

    4:32
  • 10:51 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    The King's Violins

    Mathieu Lussier, conductor

    Benjamin Raymond, trumpet

    Marianne Boies, trumpet

    6:30
  • 10:44 PM

    Symphony No. 7: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    6:46
  • 10:35 PM

    The Red Pony Suite: selections

    Aaron Copland

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:21
  • 10:30 PM

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    3:36
  • 10:13 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    15:28
  • 10:06 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:12
  • 9:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No 2 / Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    8:59
  • 9:43 PM

    Time Lapse

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:56
  • 9:35 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    7:18
  • 9:25 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Emerson String Quartet

    9:00
  • 9:12 PM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:41
  • 9:06 PM

    Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

    Carl Orff

    Orff: Carmina Burana

    German Opera Orchestra

    Eugen Jochum, conductor

    5:10
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    2:40
  • 8:41 PM

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Polish National Radio Orchestra

    Johannes Wildner, conductor

    17:16
  • 8:21 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    17:34
  • 8:15 PM

    Dance Polonaise

    Maria Szymanowska

    Anna Ciborowska, piano

    4:54
  • 8:06 PM

    La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 3

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    8:04
  • 8:01 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Bachiana: Double Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Verena Fischer, flute

    4:48
  • 5:48 PM

    Toccata and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stravinsky, Bach, Stokowski

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    10:07
  • 5:27 PM

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    19:39
  • 5:19 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    My Life in Music

    Ruth Slenczynska, piano

    6:10
  • 5:06 PM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Erato Quartet

    12:19
  • 5:01 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Raff: Symphonies Nos. 3 And 10

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:50 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:26
  • 4:24 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    23:21
  • 4:22 PM

    Irrlicht (Will-o'-the-Wisp)

    Christian Sinding

    Jerome Lowenthal, piano

    1:26
  • 4:13 PM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 4:06 PM

    Le Roi malgre lui (The King in Spite of Himself): Fete polonaise

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    7:23
  • 4:01 PM

    Sonata No. 8

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Sonatas Vol. 2

    Purcell Quartet

    4:50
  • 3:51 PM

    Suite of Scottish Dances

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Orchestral Music

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    7:17
  • 3:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    35:47
  • 3:11 PM

    Il est bel et bon

    Pierre Passereau

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    1:03
  • 3:06 PM

    Entry March of the Boyars

    Johan Halvorsen

    Symphonic Spectacular

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:23
  • 3:01 PM

    English Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:30
  • 2:57 PM

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano

    1:49
  • 2:49 PM

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo & Wedding March

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    9:01
  • 2:28 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"

    Luigi Boccherini

    Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

    Pacifica Quartet

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:30
  • 2:13 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Don Quixote, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    15:00
  • 2:09 PM

    Tosca: Vissi d'arte

    Giacomo Puccini

    Lyon Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

    3:05
  • 2:01 PM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Jenny Lin, piano

    5:25
  • 1:53 PM

    Donna Diana Overture

    Emil von Reznicek

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:49 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Serenade: The Love Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:15
  • 1:40 PM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Lombardini Quartet

    7:59
  • 1:32 PM

    Symphony No. 29: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    6:52
  • 1:21 PM

    Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman

    Randy Newman

    Gloria Cheng, piano

    10:31
  • 1:18 PM

    Peanuts Gallery: Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Florida State University Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Jimenez, conductor

    Jeffrey Biegel, piano

    2:12
  • 1:11 PM

    Danse russe from Petrouchka

    Igor Stravinsky

    Isabelle van Keulen, violin

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    :00
  • 1:05 PM

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Sonata, 7 Fugues, Etc

    Mikhail Pletnev, piano

    5:41
  • 12:56 PM

    Dolly Suite: Le Pas Espagnol

    Gabriel Faure

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    2:14
  • 12:44 PM

    Sinfonia melodica for Two Oboes

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    10:08
  • 12:34 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 12:29 PM

    Piano Trio: 2nd movement

    Ink

    Merz Trio

    4:20
  • 12:26 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:13
  • 12:21 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    4:32
  • 12:13 PM

    Shortnin' Bread

    Florence Price

    Catalyst Quartet

    1:26
  • 12:11 PM

    Little David Play on Your Harp

    Florence Price

    UNCOVERED Vol. 2

    Catalyst Quartet

    1:39
  • 12:05 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:51 AM

    Overture No. 1

    Louise Farrenc

    Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 - Overtures - Grand Variations

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:00
  • 11:44 AM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Thomas Zehetmair, conductor

    Thomas Zehetmair, violin

    5:36
  • 11:37 AM

    Piva and Canario

    Johannes Kapsberger

    Alla Luce: Music of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger

    Chatham Baroque

    5:34
  • 11:26 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian": 1st movement

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Musa Italiana

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    9:56
  • 11:22 AM

    Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato

    Benjamin Britten

    Works By Britten, Tippett, Walton

    Guildhall Strings

    3:09
  • 11:16 AM

    Magdalena Hoffmann, harp

    5:18
  • 11:12 AM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:48
  • 11:05 AM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:43
  • 10:46 AM

    Canzona Bergamasca

    Samuel Scheidt

    Empire Brass

    4:02
  • 10:37 AM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody

    Aaron Copland

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:47
  • 10:32 AM

    Moths and Butterflies and Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:25 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Marion Verbruggen, recorder

    6:56
  • 10:20 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle, soprano

    3:57
  • 10:12 AM

    Serenade No. 1: Rondo

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    6:24
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sabine Meyer: Clarinet Connection

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    5:23
  • 10:01 AM

    The Jester at the Wedding: Caprice

    Eric Coates

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:41
  • 9:47 AM

    Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

    Fritz Kreisler

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    11:12
  • 9:31 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 9:27 AM

    Evening Prelude (Preludio en la noche)

    Ernesto Lecuona

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    2:26
  • 9:06 AM

    Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra

    Clarice Assad

    Together

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    19:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:37
  • 8:46 AM

    Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

    Bedrich Smetana

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    12:30
  • 8:41 AM

    By the Spring in the Woods

    Marcel Tournier

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:21
  • 8:18 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 5

    Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Baroque Treasures

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Terry Baune, violin

    21:15
  • 8:06 AM

    A Spring Garland

    Armstrong Gibbs

    Guildhall Strings

    Robert Salter, conductor

    11:13
  • 8:01 AM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 7:47 AM

    Old Wine in New Bottles

    Gordon Jacob

    The Chamber Winds

    Chamber Winds

    11:51
  • 7:32 AM

    Pohjola's Daughter

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    14:16
  • 7:19 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 46

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev

    Lang Lang, piano

    10:41
  • 7:06 AM

    Serenade No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    12:26
  • 7:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 6:29 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Fairy Tale, String Serenade

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    29:39
  • 6:20 AM

    Ode to the Snow

    Chen Pei-xun

    Chinese National Symphony Orchestra

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    8:09
  • 6:06 AM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Philharmonia Zurich

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    12:10
  • 6:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio

    Johannes Brahms

    Viola Bouquet

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    4:40
  • 5:34 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Suite

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony; Rosenkavalier Suite

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    24:10
  • 5:28 AM

    Carnival Waltz

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Melodies

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    6:06
  • 5:06 AM

    Symphony No. 21

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 21, 23, 24, 27

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    19:35
  • 5:01 AM

    Requiebros

    Gaspar Cassado

    Violoncello Espanol

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Yuli Turovsky, cello

    4:48
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