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  • 4:49 AM

    Towards Daybreak

    Bill Ryan

    Billband: Towards Daylight

    Billband

    9:32
  • 4:34 AM

    Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno

    Timo Andres

    Metropolis Ensemble

    Andrew Cyr, conductor

    Timo Andres, piano

    14:13
  • 4:28 AM

    Celeste

    Brian Eno/Roger Eno

    Study of the Invisible

    Vanessa Wagner, piano

    4:39
  • 4:10 AM

    A String Around Autumn

    Toru Takemitsu

    Takemitsu: Viola Concerto, November Steps, Eclipse

    Saito Kinen Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    16:09
  • 4:06 AM

    Light Ascending

    Luke Howard

    The Sand That Ate The Sea

    Shards

    Luke Howard, piano

    2:46
  • 4:01 AM

    Caitlin Sullivan, cello

    4:37
  • 3:46 AM

    Minneapolis Guitar Quartet

    11:54
  • 3:27 AM

    Still/Rapids

    Joan Tower

    Tower: Strike Zones - Small - Still/Rapids - Ivory and Ebony

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Blair McMillen, piano

    17:37
  • 3:19 AM

    Steel Chords: Steel Dances

    Sasha Matson

    Sasha Matson: Steel Chords; i-5

    Doug Livingston, pedal steel guitar

    6:28
  • 3:07 AM

    Everyone Sang

    Helen Grime

    Halle Orchestra

    Jamie Phillips, conductor

    10:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Rumba Machine

    Martin Butler

    Martin Butler: Dirty Beasts & Other Chamber Works

    Martin Butler, piano

    4:40
  • 2:51 AM

    Lark Quartet

    Susan Glaser, flute

    6:42
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Cipriani Potter

    Cipriani Potter: Piano Concertos; Rossini Variations

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Howard Shelley, piano

    30:00
  • 2:15 AM

    Six Pieces: Scherzo

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Septura

    3:10
  • 2:06 AM

    Satyricon Overture

    John Ireland

    IRELAND, J.: Forgotten Rite (The) / Mai-Dun / A Downland Suite / Epic March / A London Overture / Satyricon Overture

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:23
  • 2:01 AM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 1:47 AM

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    11:10
  • 1:15 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Henri Vieuxtemps

    Hilary Hahn: Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    30:32
  • 1:10 AM

    Pelimanni's Revenge

    Timo Alakotila

    Light

    Ethel

    3:22
  • 1:06 AM

    Etude No. 11 "Winter Wind"

    Frederic Chopin

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:29
  • 1:01 AM

    Nocturne

    Auguste Franchomme

    The Franchomme Project

    Louise Dubin, cello

    4:43
  • 12:45 AM

    The Winter's Tale Overture

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 2

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Penny, conductor

    13:23
  • 12:16 AM

    Clarinet Quintet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Uncovered Vol. 1

    Catalyst Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    27:50
  • 12:11 AM

    Air a danser

    Cecile Chaminade

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:56
  • 12:06 AM

    Polonaise

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    4:19
  • 12:01 AM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:40
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Overtures "Fidelio" and "Egmont"

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:14
  • 11:45 PM

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Stuart Duncan, fiddle

    Chris Thile, fiddle

    Edgar Meyer, double bass

    5:28
  • 11:24 PM

    Overture-Suite "La Changeante"

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    20:21
  • 11:19 PM

    Seasonal Breezes: Autumn Breeze

    Rick Sowash

    Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    3:38
  • 11:13 PM

    The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    4:47
  • 11:06 PM

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

    Maurice Ravel

    Seattle Symphony

    Ludovic Morlot, conductor

    6:03
  • 11:01 PM

    Fantasia Suite No. 8

    John Jenkins

    Locke Consort

    4:36
  • 10:41 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    17:06
  • 10:22 PM

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

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    17:20
  • 10:16 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": Adagio

    The Kreutzer Project

    The Knights

    4:22
  • 10:08 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:09
  • 10:06 PM

    Umoja (Unity)

    Valerie Coleman

    Umoja

    Imani Winds

    2:23
  • 9:44 PM

    Rondo for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert; Zuckerman

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    14:10
  • 9:41 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:21
  • 9:35 PM

    A Summer Day

    Lena McLin

    Helen Walker-Hill, piano

    3:57
  • 9:21 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    12:58
  • 9:10 PM

    Quartettino

    Rezso Kokai

    Walter Boeykens Ensemble

    10:14
  • 9:06 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet

    Georges Bizet

    Breakfast in Bed

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:17
  • 9:03 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 5: 3rd movement (Fugue)

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:44
  • 8:43 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 8:37 PM

    Cavatina

    John Ireland

    Orchestra of the Swan

    David Curtis, conductor

    Raphael Wallfisch, cello

    5:07
  • 8:17 PM

    Introduction and Rondo "Alla Militaire"

    Cipriani Potter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Claire Huangci, piano

    18:57
  • 8:10 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Menuetto

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    4:32
  • 8:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi Concerti for Strings

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    3:59
  • 8:01 PM

    London Suite: Covent Garden

    Eric Coates

    Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Wilson, conductor

    4:38
  • 5:41 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten's Orchestra

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    17:05
  • 5:21 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 4

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    18:29
  • 5:12 PM

    Norma

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    7:42
  • 5:06 PM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Watercolour

    Yuanfan Yang, piano

    4:46
  • 4:50 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 1

    George Frideric Handel

    The Handel Collection

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Nicholas Daniel, oboe

    8:14
  • 4:23 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4

    Prague Symphony Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    25:54
  • 4:14 PM

    "Twinkle, Twinkle" Variations (Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Great Mozart Piano Workds

    John Novacek, piano

    8:04
  • 4:10 PM

    With a lily in your hand

    Eric Whitacre

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:18
  • 4:06 PM

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:20
  • 4:00 PM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 7

    Antonio Soler

    Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1-15

    Martina Filjak, piano

    4:46
  • 3:53 PM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:18
  • 3:20 PM

    Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"

    Franz Schubert

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    31:00
  • 3:06 PM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Potsdam Chamber Academy

    Avi Avital, mandolin

    Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

    12:34
  • 3:01 PM

    Nocturne No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:41
  • 2:49 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi x2

    La Serenissima

    Adrian Chandler, conductor

    Rachel Chaplin, oboe

    9:24
  • 2:44 PM

    From Jewish Life: Prayer

    Ernest Bloch

    Elgar

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    4:31
  • 2:26 PM

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Maurice Ravel

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:37
  • 2:11 PM

    Leonore Overture No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    13:04
  • 2:03 PM

    Scottish March (Marche ecossaise)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:02
  • 1:57 PM

    Watching the White Wheat

    Traditional Welsh

    Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    4:23
  • 1:53 PM

    Watching the White Wheat

    Traditional Welsh

    Jacqueline Schwab, piano

    3:00
  • 1:45 PM

    The Banks of Green Willow

    George Butterworth

    Vaughan Williams/Butterworth

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:12
  • 1:34 PM

    Symphony No. 39: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    9:37
  • 1:28 PM

    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    5:03
  • 1:23 PM

    Field of Dreams: End Credits

    James Horner

    Field of Dreams Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:18 PM

    Seasons: Autumn

    Dominick Argento

    Seasons: Choral Works of Dominick Argento and Vincent Persichetti

    Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorale

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:17
  • 1:08 PM

    Bartered Bride: Overture

    Bedrich Smetana

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:49
  • 1:04 PM

    Fon-Fon (Toot-Toot)

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    2:12
  • 12:51 PM

    Prelude on Rhosymedre

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Beyond Far Horizons

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    4:00
  • 12:46 PM

    Octet: Finale

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:30
  • 12:37 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Africa - Wedding Cake - Allegro appassionato

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Alexandre Kantorow, piano

    6:45
  • 12:29 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Waltz

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 24

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    6:51
  • 12:25 PM

    Blackbird

    John Lennon/Paul McCartney

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    2:45
  • 12:20 PM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": Adagio

    The Kreutzer Project

    The Knights

    4:22
  • 12:07 PM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    In the South

    Brodsky Quartet

    6:48
  • 12:04 PM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    A La Carte

    Abbey Road Ensemble

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    1:54
  • 11:49 AM

    Autumn Soiree No. 5

    Felicien David

    Les Quatre Saisons

    Limoges Baroque Ensemble

    8:17
  • 11:46 AM

    Rodeo: Hoe-Down

    Aaron Copland

    Copland: The Music Of America 

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:17
  • 11:39 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:34 AM

    Berceuse pour Angele

    Gilles Ouellet

    Fairy Tale

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:19
  • 11:25 AM

    Morning Papers Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss Waltzes

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:00
  • 11:15 AM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 11:08 AM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 11:04 AM

    Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano: 2nd movement

    Heinrich von Herzogenberg

    Songs of the Reeds

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    3:47
  • 10:42 AM

    Divertimento No. 9

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Divertimenti

    Berlin Philharmonic Winds

    12:04
  • 10:33 AM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Great Comedy Overtures

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Lance Friedel, conductor

    8:10
  • 10:25 AM

    Keyboard Sonata No. 11

    Antonio Soler

    Martina Filjak, piano

    7:38
  • 10:19 AM

    In the Mountains: Sunny Day

    Josef Foerster

    Foerster: Symphony No. 5 & In den Bergen

    Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra

    Hermann Baumer, conductor

    4:29
  • 10:11 AM

    Serenade No. 2: 1st movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 10:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:26
  • 10:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 1: 3rd movement

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Vol. 1

    Cuarteto Latinoamericano

    4:51
  • 9:37 AM

    Fantasie Symphonique

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    21:40
  • 9:31 AM

    Piece for Flute and Piano

    Mel Bonis

    Mel Bonis: Chamber Music with Flute

    Tatjana Ruhland, flute

    4:17
  • 9:21 AM

    Dances in the Canebrakes

    Florence Price

    Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    12:39
  • 9:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    The Healing Harp

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
  • 8:42 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:20
  • 8:38 AM

    Melodies of the Moments: Lullaby

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Music for Ukraine

    Daniel Hope, violin

    3:38
  • 8:12 AM

    String Quartet No. 21 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Emerson String Quartet

    23:51
  • 8:06 AM

    Valse elegiaque

    Valborg Aulin

    neglected works for piano

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    5:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:46 AM

    "La Follia" Variations for String Orchestra

    Michi Wiancko

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    East Coast Chamber Orchestra

    12:39
  • 7:34 AM

    Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata and Other Piano Music

    Pavel Kolesnikov, piano

    11:20
  • 7:20 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    12:29
  • 7:06 AM

    Yoruban Songs of Cuba

    Hector Angulo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    13:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Romance No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Oboe Obsession: Romantic And Virtuosic Works For Oboe

    Allan Vogel, oboe

    4:43
  • 6:15 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    43:41
  • 6:09 AM

    Fall, Leaves, Fall

    Kathryn Rose

    Among Whirlwinds

    Singer Pur

    4:10
  • 6:06 AM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Pastorale

    Jean Sibelius

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 And 2

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:09
  • 6:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    4:31
  • 5:35 AM

    Fantasy

    Josef Suk

    Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance / Suk: Fantasy

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Pamela Frank, violin

    23:24
  • 5:10 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    23:30
  • 5:06 AM

    Romance

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Femmes Compositrices

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    2:54
  • 5:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Adagio

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Bassoon Concerto

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    4:45