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  • 4:24 AM

    Piano Quintet "Wolga"

    Maria Bach

    M. Bach: Piano Quintet "Wolga"

    Christine Busch, violin

    34:40
  • 4:15 AM

    The night is darkening round me

    Tonu Korvits

    Kreek's Notebook

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    6:17
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    8:47
  • 4:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 3:54 AM

    Love Abounds in Everything

    Clarice Jensen

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Clarice Jensen, cello

    4:22
  • 3:47 AM

    Renewal

    Frederic Hand

    Across Time

    Frederic Hand, guitar

    6:46
  • 3:28 AM

    Songs of the Roses

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Nocturnes

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    17:04
  • 3:11 AM

    Variations on an Ancient Theme

    Carlos Salzedo

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    14:56
  • 3:06 AM

    The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    Jules Massenet

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    4:29
  • 3:01 AM

    Vlado Perlemuter, piano

    4:34
  • 2:45 AM

    Forest Idylls

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    12:51
  • 2:14 AM

    String Quartet

    Emilie Mayer

    Erato Quartet

    29:18
  • 2:07 AM

    Fishing by Moonlight

    Robin Milford

    Robin Milford: Fishing by Moonlight

    Guildhall Strings

    Julian Milford, piano

    6:27
  • 2:01 AM

    Dr. Case's Pavan

    John Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    4:41
  • 1:44 AM

    Poem for Cello and Orchestra

    Henriette Bosmans

    Cello Concertos

    Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ed Spanjaard, conductor

    Dimitri Ferschtman, cello

    14:32
  • 1:42 AM

    Sequentia

    Barbara Thornton, conductor

    2:23
  • 1:20 AM

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    20:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Variations on a Swedish Air

    Bernhard Crusell

    Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble

    Arie van Beek, conductor

    Martin Frost, clarinet

    11:11
  • 1:01 AM

    Summer Idyls: Meadow-Rest

    Herbert Howells

    Matthew Schellhorn, piano

    4:46
  • 12:46 AM

    Into the Twilight

    Arnold Bax

    Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    12:56
  • 12:25 AM

    Choral Fantasy

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Haydn: Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise" and No. 101 "Clock"

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    19:01
  • 12:14 AM

    String Quartet No. 12 "Quartettsatz"

    Franz Schubert

    Cypress String Quartet

    8:57
  • 12:06 AM

    L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)

    Claude Debussy

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    6:54
  • 12:01 AM

    Intermezzo for String Trio

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Domus

    4:42
  • 11:45 PM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 11:40 PM

    light everlasting

    Carlos Simon

    Carlos Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved

    Carlos Simon, piano

    3:00
  • 11:26 PM

    Poema Autunnale (Autumn Poem)

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano, Poema Autunnale

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Choo Hoey, conductor

    Takako Nishizaki, violin

    13:32
  • 11:12 PM

    Wind Concertino

    Szymon Laks

    Chamber Works by Szymon Laks

    Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet

    13:21
  • 11:06 PM

    Nocturne No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Alexandre Tharaud: Journal Intime

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    4:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Abbywood Trail

    Dale Kavanagh

    Guitar Gala Night

    Dale Kavanagh, guitar

    4:44
  • 10:56 PM

    Suite: Gaio

    Randall Thompson

    Buried Treasure

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    2:03
  • 10:11 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Carlos Kalmar, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    43:20
  • 10:06 PM

    Things to Come: March

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: Film Music

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:01 PM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavottes

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suites Nos. 2 And 3

    Ivo Pogorelich, piano

    4:31
  • 9:36 PM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    22:30
  • 9:20 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:18
  • 9:12 PM

    Ducal Suite: Heaven

    Duke Ellington

    Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

    Dover Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:27
  • 9:06 PM

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonk Songs): Traume (Dreams)

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Franz Welser-Most, conductor

    Measha Brueggergosman, soprano

    4:59
  • 8:48 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

    Alicia de Larrocha, piano

    10:40
  • 8:20 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    25:32
  • 8:11 PM

    Fanfare, Hymn and Finale

    Peter Boyer

    Peter Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Peter Boyer, conductor

    7:45
  • 8:06 PM

    Canzon Duodecimi Toni

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    phil Blech Wien & Olivier Latry - Live From Vienna

    phil Blech Wien

    Anton Mittermayr, conductor

    Olivier Latry, organ

    3:59
  • 8:01 PM

    Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Eaken Piano Trio

    4:34
  • 4:45 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Violin for Anne Rice

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    14:00
  • 4:41 PM

    Plainte d'amour

    Pauline Viardot-Garcia; Frederic Chopin

    VIARDOT-GARCIA: Songs

    Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

    3:36
  • 4:18 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Samuel Barber

    One Movement Symphonies

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    20:57
  • 4:08 PM

    Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Songs of the Auvergne: Lou Coucut (The cuckoo)

    Joseph Canteloube

    Canteloube: Chants D'auvergne / Upshaw, Nagano

    Lyon National Opera Orchestra

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    1:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Song without Words No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Tzimon Barto, piano

    4:44
  • 3:48 PM

    Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song

    Haydn Wood

    British Light Music: Haydn Wood, Vol. 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    9:49
  • 3:27 PM

    Triple Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Keyboard Concerti Vol. 1

    Australian Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Tognetti, conductor

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    20:04
  • 3:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

    Ottorino Respighi

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:50
  • 3:01 PM

    Three Country Dances

    John Playford

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:43
  • 2:41 PM

    Hamlet: Ballet Music

    Ambroise Thomas

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    17:16
  • 2:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    7:27
  • 2:27 PM

    Valse nonchalante

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens

    Bertrand Chamayou, piano

    3:56
  • 2:10 PM

    Sinfonia No. 5

    Gaspard Fritz

    La Stagione Frankfurt

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    15:53
  • 2:06 PM

    Morning Song

    Edward Elgar

    Vaughan Williams; Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    3:22
  • 2:01 PM

    March

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti KV 205 & 237

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    4:44
  • 1:43 PM

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Ein Heldenleben / Barenboim

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    15:22
  • 1:38 PM

    Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme

    Ennio Morricone

    Serenade: The Love Album

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    3:16
  • 1:17 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Johann Albrechtsberger

    Harp Concertos

    Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Elizabeth Hainen, harp

    20:19
  • 1:06 PM

    Miniature Concerto

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    9:09
  • 1:01 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 10:48 AM

    Ouverture legere

    Lou Koster

    Koster: Orchestral Music

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    9:23
  • 10:41 AM

    Sonata No. 5 "In Imitation of Corelli"

    William McGibbon

    Chatham Baroque

    7:53
  • 10:19 AM

    Summer Night Suite

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Cinderella

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    20:15
  • 10:13 AM

    Lark Song (Lerchengesang)

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Works For Cello And Piano

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    3:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Lyric Waltz

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:49
  • 9:51 AM

    Rondino for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    6:58
  • 9:20 AM

    Kalevala Suite

    Uuno Klami

    Scenes from the Kalevala

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

    29:16
  • 9:15 AM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:56
  • 9:06 AM

    Mediodia en el Llano (Noon on the Plain)

    Antonio Estevez

    Fiesta

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    7:52
  • 9:01 AM

    Songs of Farewell: There is an old belief

    Hubert Parry

    Septura

    4:40
  • 8:37 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Holly Mathieson, conductor

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    21:10
  • 8:33 AM

    Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Encores 2

    Emma Johnson, clarinet

    3:46
  • 8:10 AM

    Suite en Trio

    Gustave Samazeuilh

    Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926–1939

    Black Oak Ensemble

    20:55
  • 8:06 AM

    Gigues en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Notre Dame: Intermezzo

    Franz Schmidt

    Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:47 AM

    Solace

    Jocelyn Morlock

    Jocelyn Morlock: Cobalt

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    Mark Fewer, violin

    11:16
  • 7:40 AM

    A Dream in the Forest (Un Sueno en la Floresta)

    Agustin Barrios

    Romance de Amor

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    7:02
  • 7:10 AM

    String Quintet No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Quintets for Strings Nos. 1 & 2

    L'Archibudelli

    28:11
  • 7:06 AM

    Spring Intermezzo

    Betty King

    Spring Fever

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Romanza

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 2

    English Sinfonia

    John Farrer, conductor

    4:37
  • 6:31 AM

    Africa

    William Grant Still

    STILL, W.G.: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American" / In Memoriam / Africa (Fort Smith Symphony, Jeter)

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    27:44
  • 6:27 AM

    Achat Sha'alti

    Paul Schoenfield

    Alexa Still, flute

    Stephen Gosling, piano

    3:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    Whale Spirit Rising

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Eleonora Turovsky, violin

    18:26
  • 6:01 AM

    Lighten our Darkness

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    4:42
  • 5:44 AM

    Terra Incognita

    Wayne Shorter

    Imani Winds

    14:14
  • 5:14 AM

    Ruin and Memory

    Howard Shore

    China Philharmonic Orchestra

    Long Yu, conductor

    Lang Lang, piano

    29:49
  • 5:06 AM

    Romance No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    BEETHOVEN, L. van: Violin Concerto in D Major / Romances Nos. 1 and 2

    Cappella Aquileia

    Marcus Bosch, conductor

    Lena Neudauer, violin

    5:49
  • 5:01 AM

    Letter a l'Immortelle Bien-Aimee

    Corentin Apparailly

    Julien Martineau, mandolin

    Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

    4:43