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  • 4:48 AM

    Nightfall

    Meredith Monk

    Sean Shibe, electric guitar

    9:37
  • 4:37 AM

    Near Midnight

    Helen Grime

    Halle Orchestra

    Mark Elder, conductor

    11:30
  • 4:11 AM

    City Boy

    Judd Greenstein

    Dreamfall

    Now Ensemble

    11:05
  • 4:06 AM

    Starburst

    Jessie Montgomery

    Strum: Music for Strings

    String Orchestra

    3:26
  • 4:01 AM

    Kellam's Reel/Rusty Gully

    Nathan Koci/James Moore/Eleonore Oppenheim/Caroline Shaw

    The Hands Free

    The Hands Free

    4:26
  • 3:42 AM

    Hallelujah Junction

    John Adams

    Road Movies

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    16:24
  • 3:29 AM

    Drill

    Evan Ziporyn

    Ziporyn: Frog's Eye

    Boston Modern Orchestra Project

    Gil Rose, conductor

    Evan Ziporyn, bass clarinet

    11:13
  • 3:11 AM

    G-Force

    Paola Prestini

    Memory Palace

    Brooklyn Rider

    Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion

    10:55
  • 3:07 AM

    Slink and Stride

    Ryan Latimer

    Antiarkie

    Psappha

    3:37
  • 3:01 AM

    On Seven-Star-Shoes

    Julia Wolfe

    Quintet of the Americas

    4:43
  • 2:51 AM

    Sivan Magen, harp

    6:48
  • 2:22 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 2:13 AM

    Contentment

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom: The Complete Rags

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    7:38
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)

    Maurice Ravel

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    6:06
  • 2:01 AM

    Oboe Quintet: Canzonetta

    Theodore Dubois

    Quatuor et quintette avec piano

    Trio Hochelaga

    Jean-Luc Plourde, viola

    4:39
  • 1:50 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    7:40
  • 1:46 AM

    Roses in a Box

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs

    William Howard, piano

    3:38
  • 1:27 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Elias String Quartet

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    17:23
  • 1:15 AM

    Moseltraume

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:06 AM

    Rondo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Cello Concerto

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    8:07
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne No. 19

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Nocturnes

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    4:45
  • 12:48 AM

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    10:35
  • 12:45 AM

    Otello: Fuoco di gioia (Fire of joy)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:45
  • 12:25 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Residentie Orchestra of the Hague

    Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

    17:54
  • 12:20 AM

    Pine Apple Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Joplin: Complete Rags

    William Albright, piano

    3:20
  • 12:06 AM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    13:02
  • 12:01 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet II

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Serenade No. 10 for Winds "Gran Partita"

    London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble

    4:33
  • 11:46 PM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    Canciones And Conciertos

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 11:39 PM

    Gary Hammond, piano

    6:27
  • 11:19 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 7 "Festklange"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems; 'Dante' Symphony

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    17:58
  • 11:14 PM

    Canzon in Double Echo

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    4:19
  • 11:06 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Other Favorites

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 11:01 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 1: 1st movement

    Alexander Reinagle

    Sylvia Glickman, piano

    4:42
  • 10:37 PM

    Souvenirs

    Samuel Barber

    Barber: Violin Concerto

    Royal Scottish Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    20:42
  • 10:29 PM

    Goin' Home

    Antonin Dvorak

    Sing Me Home

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Abigail Washburn, cello banjo and vocals

    5:34
  • 10:22 PM

    New to the Session

    Rhiannon Giddens

    Johnny Gandelsman, 5-string violin

    6:56
  • 10:06 PM

    Hungarian Sketches

    Bela Bartok

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:59
  • 10:01 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    The Fantastic Stokowski

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:11
  • 9:49 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'

    English Symphony Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:00
  • 9:43 PM

    The Harmonious Blacksmith

    George Frideric Handel

    Earl Wild - The Romantic Master

    Earl Wild, piano

    4:26
  • 9:34 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Scherzo

    Emilie Mayer

    Emilie Mayer: Music From The Shadows - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

    Bremerhaven Symphony Orchestra

    Marc Niemann, conductor

    7:16
  • 9:19 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Carl Stamitz

    Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Sabine Meyer, clarinet

    14:21
  • 9:09 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Seattle Symphony

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    8:29
  • 9:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights

    Canadian Brass

    2:26
  • 9:03 PM

    Volta Fantasy

    Kwabena Nketia

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    2:42
  • 8:54 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondo

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:09
  • 8:49 PM

    Movement for String Trio

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Coleridge-Tayler Perkinson - A Celebration

    Sanford Allen, violin

    3:57
  • 8:16 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 9

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    31:31
  • 8:06 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    8:07
  • 8:01 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    David Russell Plays Bach

    David Russell, guitar

    4:43
  • 5:50 PM

    Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love): Overture

    Richard Wagner

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

    8:22
  • 5:20 PM

    The Albeniz Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Xuefei Yang: Rodrigo, Albeniz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    28:17
  • 5:15 PM

    Szatmar Dances

    Sandor Veress

    Hungarian Serenade

    Offenburg String Trio

    2:31
  • 5:06 PM

    Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

    Mily Balakirev

    Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev

    Lang Lang, piano

    8:57
  • 5:01 PM

    12 Minuets for Orchestra: Nos. 10-11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:47 PM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    11:30
  • 4:37 PM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Mozzafiato

    8:37
  • 4:16 PM

    Symphonic Poem No. 2 "Tasso, Lament and Triumph"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    20:38
  • 4:06 PM

    Horn Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

    7:56
  • 4:01 PM

    Seville

    Isaac Albeniz

    Spanish Fireworks

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    4:34
  • 3:46 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 3:14 PM

    Scottish Fantasy

    Max Bruch

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    31:06
  • 3:07 PM

    Sonata No. 32

    Niccolo Paganini

    Reverie

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    3:54
  • 3:06 PM

    Picadilly

    Erik Satie

    Noriko Ogawa, piano

    1:26
  • 3:00 PM

    Gondoliera

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:49 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 1: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets

    Daniel Hope, violin

    8:37
  • 2:42 PM

    Piano Sextet: Finale

    Ludwig Thuille

    The German Connection

    Hexagon Ensemble

    6:04
  • 2:38 PM

    Piano Sextet: Gavotte

    Ludwig Thuille

    The German Connection

    Hexagon Ensemble

    3:49
  • 2:22 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    15:24
  • 2:08 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Horn Concertos

    Israel Sinfonietta

    Uri Mayer, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    12:54
  • 2:00 PM

    The Boatswain's Mate: Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    Overtures from the British Isles Volume 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    6:07
  • 1:54 PM

    Songs for women's chorus, two horns, and harp, Op. 17

    Johannes Brahms

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenberg, conductor

    David Jolley, horn

    Stewart Rose, horn

    Cynthia Otis, harp

    5:00
  • 1:43 PM

    Adagio and Allegro

    Robert Schumann

    Gautier Capucon, cello

    Martha Argerich, piano

    8:23
  • 1:33 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Ward, conductor

    Anthony Camden, oboe

    8:40
  • 1:30 PM

    Staccato Movement

    John Thomas

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sayo Lipman, harp

    2:51
  • 1:22 PM

    Symphony "The Cotswolds": 4th movement

    Gustav Holst

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

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:56
  • 1:19 PM

    Music for Movies: Sunday Traffic

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Red Pony; Our Town; The Heiress Suite; Music For Movies

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:26
  • 1:10 PM

    Valse-Caprice

    Cecile Chaminade

    Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    5:11
  • 1:05 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:04 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    James Galway - Celebrating 70: A Collection of Personal Favorites

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:12
  • 12:51 PM

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Bela Bartok

    Bartok Orchestral Music

    Hungarian State Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    6:52
  • 12:47 PM

    Idomenee: Rigaudon

    Andre Campra

    Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion

    Empire Brass

    Robert Woods, conductor

    Michael Murray, organ

    2:53
  • 12:36 PM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 "Linz"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    9:45
  • 12:32 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Thompson Plays Joplin

    Butch Thompson, piano

    2:58
  • 12:27 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:24 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Breakfast in Bed

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 12:21 PM

    New to the Session

    Rhiannon Giddens

    Johnny Gandelsman, 5-string violin

    6:56
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 6: Intermezzo

    Alexander Glazunov

    Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Lyric Poems

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:00
  • 12:04 PM

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    4:20
  • 11:47 AM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    10:01
  • 11:40 AM

    Piano Quartet: 3rd movement

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Piano Trios - Piano Quartet in A minor

    Trio Nordica

    Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir, viola

    5:50
  • 11:31 AM

    Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos 101 The Clock and 104 London

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    8:42
  • 11:26 AM

    Harvest Celebration

    Jing-Ping Zhang

    Chinasong | Shanghai Quartet

    Shanghai Quartet

    3:25
  • 11:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement

    Giovanni Sgambati

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    5:46
  • 11:16 AM

    Spaghetti Rag

    George Lyons/Bob Yosco

    Melody's Mostly Musical Day

    Jenny Lin, piano

    2:18
  • 11:08 AM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    6:43
  • 11:04 AM

    L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite: Waltz

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    3:28
  • 10:50 AM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Glinka: Capriccio Brillante / Overture in D Major / Souvenir D'Une Nuit D'Ete A Madrid

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:23
  • 10:40 AM

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    9:21
  • 10:23 AM

    In the Summer Wind (Im Sommerwind)

    Anton Webern

    Boulez Conducts Webern II

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    15:58
  • 10:20 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mutterissimo

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    2:20
  • 10:15 AM

    Legend No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    4:10
  • 10:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Flute Concertos

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    7:35
  • 10:01 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Jubilate: 500 Years of Cathedral Music

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:35
  • 9:39 AM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod, Milhaud, Debussy-Faldner

    Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago

    Barry Faldner, conductor

    19:37
  • 9:35 AM

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    3:17
  • 9:22 AM

    Symphony No. 17

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:50
  • 9:06 AM

    O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    13:55
  • 9:01 AM

    English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance

    John Duarte

    Wild Mountain Thyme: Celtic Music for Guitar

    Scott Tennant, guitar

    4:31
  • 8:36 AM

    Forest Scenes

    Robert Schumann

    Gerhard Oppitz, piano

    22:20
  • 8:27 AM

    Rondo for Cello and Orchestra

    Charles Stanford

    Romantic Cello Concerto Vol. 3

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    Gemma Rosefield, cello

    8:26
  • 8:06 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, etc.

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    19:20
  • 8:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Alan Hovhaness

    Harp Spectacular

    Susann McDonald, harp

    4:39
  • 7:50 AM

    The Enchanted Lake

    Anatol Liadov

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

    7:58
  • 7:37 AM

    String Trio

    Gideon Klein

    Silenced Voices

    Black Oak Ensemble

    13:21
  • 7:30 AM

    Six Piano Pieces: Lullaby

    Adolf Barjansky

    Julia Severus, piano

    5:20
  • 7:06 AM

    An English Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Elgar: Seranade, etc./Parry: An English Suite, etc.

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    22:37
  • 7:01 AM

    Summer Evening

    John Ireland

    Ireland: Piano Works, Vol. 1

    Eric Parkin, piano

    4:45
  • 6:46 AM

    A Cage of Doves

    Sally Beamish

    Sally Beamish: The Singing

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    12:09
  • 6:43 AM

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:00
  • 6:06 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    35:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Ballade No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Handel Variations/Ballades

    Pascal Roge, piano

    4:38
  • 5:33 AM

    Church Windows

    Ottorino Respighi

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:59
  • 5:25 AM

    If I am silent (after The Book of Esther)

    David Lang

    David Lang: the writings

    Cappella Amsterdam

    Daniel Reuss, conductor

    8:02
  • 5:06 AM

    Four Postludes

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

    Thomas Sanderling, conductor

    Elisaveta Blumina, piano

    16:43
  • 5:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40