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  • 5:52 AM

    Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2: Alla sarabande

    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Serenely Cedille: Relaxing Rarities From Chicago's Classical Label

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    5:36
  • 5:34 AM

    Perpetual Chaconne

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Jasper String Quartet

    David Shifrin, clarinet

    18:23
  • 5:28 AM

    Harp Concerto: Lullaby

    Jennifer Higdon

    American Rapture

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    Ward Stare, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    4:54
  • 5:19 AM

    Be Still and Know

    Carlos Simon

    Phoebe Wu, piano

    Teagan Faran, violin

    Victor Huls, cello

    6:27
  • 5:11 AM

    There Will Be Rest

    Frank Ticheli

    Eternal Rest

    Phoenix Bach Choir

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    7:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Nameless Colors

    John Luther Adams

    The Wind in High Places

    Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

    Hans Jorgen Jensen, conductor

    4:23
  • 5:01 AM

    End of Day

    Todd Reynolds

    Outerborough

    Todd Reynolds, viola

    4:29
  • 4:49 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Into the Light: Symphonic Expressions of the Spirit

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    8:58
  • 4:48 AM

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 36. 57th Psalm Tune

    John Cage

    Cage: The Works for Violin, Vol. 6 and The String Quartets, Vol. 4

    Arditti String Quartet

    :42
  • 4:47 AM

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 9. Dover

    John Cage

    Cage: The Works for Violin, Vol. 6 and The String Quartets, Vol. 4

    Arditti String Quartet

    :40
  • 4:34 AM

    Spiral

    Cristina Spinei

    APM Commission

    Alicia Enstrom, violin

    11:04
  • 4:19 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. II

    Derrick Skye

    American Mirrors

    Salastina Music Society

    12:59
  • 4:06 AM

    American Mirror, Pt. I

    Derrick Skye

    Salastina Music Society

    12:44
  • 4:01 AM

    Road Movies: Relaxed Groove

    John Adams

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:39
  • 3:52 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Hamlet/The Gadfly

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Leonid Grin, conductor

    5:52
  • 3:21 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    29:23
  • 3:15 AM

    Hungarian Melody

    Franz Schubert

    Shai Wosner, piano

    4:14
  • 3:06 AM

    Rondo for Cello

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Antonio Pappano, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    8:45
  • 3:01 AM

    The Red Pony Suite: The Gift

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:49
  • 11:43 PM

    Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    15:01
  • 11:34 PM

    New to the Session

    Rhiannon Giddens

    Johnny Gandelsman, 5-string violin

    6:56
  • 11:14 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Ponce: Guitar Concertos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:27
  • 11:06 PM

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Camille Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Tone Poems

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    7:13
  • 10:54 PM

    Carmen: Entrance of the Toreadors

    Georges Bizet

    The Greatest Choral Show On Earth

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    4:16
  • 10:44 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    9:45
  • 10:19 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff, Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    23:00
  • 10:14 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 10:07 PM

    Gondoliers Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:53
  • 10:06 PM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    3:34
  • 10:03 PM

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Jota

    Manuel de Falla

    Schmankerln und Postres

    Duo Intermezzo

    2:50
  • 9:47 PM

    Pastoral Suite

    Gunnar De Frumerie

    Sun-Flute 2/3

    Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Gunilla von Bahr, flute

    11:29
  • 9:26 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

    19:14
  • 9:12 PM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 9:06 PM

    The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Music from The Ring

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    5:00
  • 9:01 PM

    Handel in the Strand

    Percy Grainger

    Bilder Duo

    4:39
  • 6:48 PM

    Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Dance in the Village Inn"

    Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Magic

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    10:37
  • 6:24 PM

    Concerto After Handel

    Arnold Schoenberg

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    21:38
  • 6:16 PM

    Czardashian Rhapsody

    Traditional

    Shiksa

    Lara St. John, violin

    6:03
  • 6:06 PM

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:08
  • 6:01 PM

    Coracao que sente

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:30
  • 5:47 PM

    First Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    10:43
  • 5:23 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    24:22
  • 5:19 PM

    Waltz

    Franz Schubert

    Carte Blanche

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    2:19
  • 5:14 PM

    Bleeding Heart

    Fanny Gordon

    Sinfonia ViVa

    Tomasz Radziwonowicz, conductor

    3:36
  • 5:07 PM

    Broceliande Overture

    Lucien-Leon Lambert

    Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Rosenberg, conductor

    6:47
  • 5:01 PM

    Katrina Szederkenyi, harp

    4:48
  • 4:54 PM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    4:13
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    32:07
  • 4:15 PM

    Romance

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:51
  • 4:06 PM

    Etude No. 6 "En forme de valse"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Lise de la Salle, piano

    7:56
  • 4:01 PM

    Trumpet Sinfonia "Il Barcheggio"

    Alessandro Stradella

    Italian Trumpet Concertos

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:45
  • 3:50 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:43
  • 3:42 PM

    Andante and Scherzo for Flute and Piano

    Louis Ganne

    Flute Music by French Composers

    Laurel Zucker, flute

    Paul Switzler, piano

    6:41
  • 3:27 PM

    Lincolnshire Posy

    Percy Grainger

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    14:24
  • 3:16 PM

    String Symphony No. 4

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn String Symphonies

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    9:58
  • 3:06 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite, Finlandia

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    8:15
  • 2:59 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    5:35
  • 2:50 PM

    A Little Night Music: Night Waltz

    Stephen Sondheim

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    6:23
  • 2:46 PM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    Le Cinema

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    Oleg Maisenberg, piano

    3:00
  • 2:43 PM

    My bonny lass she smileth

    Thomas Morley

    Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:08
  • 2:33 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Works for Winds and Strings by Mozart

    Chicago Chamber Musicians

    Larry Combs, clarinet

    9:42
  • 2:21 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:10
  • 2:18 PM

    White Heather

    Billy Mayerl

    Bats In The Belfry: Billy Mayerl Vol. 2

    Eric Parkin, piano

    2:34
  • 2:08 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    6:02
  • 2:04 PM

    Musette en rondeau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Debussy | Rameau | Vikingur Olafsson

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    3:13
  • 1:51 PM

    Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance

    Zoltan Kodaly

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor

    8:08
  • 1:46 PM

    Tropic Winter: Pompons and Fans

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    3:56
  • 1:35 PM

    Capriol Suite

    Peter Warlock

    English String Music

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    9:31
  • 1:32 PM

    Las Abejas (The Bees)

    Agustin Barrios

    Intimate Barrios

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    2:23
  • 1:25 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2: Bergamasca

    Ottorino Respighi

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    5:05
  • 1:22 PM

    New to the Session

    Rhiannon Giddens

    Johnny Gandelsman, 5-string violin

    6:56
  • 1:10 PM

    The Two Widows: Prelude and Polka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Orchestral Highlights from Operas

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    6:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Songs of Love and Despair

    Laura Metcalf, cello

    4:29
  • 12:52 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    7:37
  • 12:44 PM

    Orb and Sceptre

    William Walton

    Pops on the March

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    6:49
  • 12:41 PM

    Stephen Hough, piano

    1:06
  • 12:37 PM

    Lyric Pieces: At Your Feet

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    3:07
  • 12:30 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    6:20
  • 12:19 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    10:05
  • 12:15 PM

    Wand of Youth: The Little Bells

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    2:38
  • 12:09 PM

    Concerto Grosso: Allegro

    Henry Cowell

    Cowell: Concerto Grosso/Hymn & Fuguing Tune No 10

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:04 PM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini Overtures

    London Classical Players

    Roger Norrington, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:51 AM

    Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday

    Aaron Copland

    The Essence of America: Aaron Copland

    San Francisco Symphony

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    7:31
  • 11:46 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 11:37 AM

    Symphony No. 39: Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35 & 39

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:33 AM

    Canzon No. 2

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Brass Surround

    Millar Brass Ensemble

    Stephen Squires, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:23 AM

    Sinfonia

    Carlo Lonati

    Ensemble Giardino di Delizie

    9:23
  • 11:17 AM

    Andante festivo

    Jean Sibelius

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:04
  • 11:13 AM

    Piece in the Form of a Habanera

    Maurice Ravel

    Music for Flute & Harp

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    2:52
  • 11:06 AM

    March Militaire No. 1

    Franz Schubert

    The Studio Recordings - New York 1985

    Vladimir Horowitz, piano

    6:09
  • 11:01 AM

    King Carotte Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    4:44
  • 10:45 AM

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"

    Hugo Alfven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:55
  • 10:25 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 7 and 83

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 10:21 AM

    Maria Carolina

    Antonio Lauro

    John Williams, guitar

    2:33
  • 10:06 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:37
  • 10:01 AM

    Masques

    Claude Debussy

    Shadowlines

    Gilles Vonsattel, piano

    4:35
  • 9:30 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    28:25
  • 9:25 AM

    Hommage to Faure

    Robert Helps

    The American Romantic

    Alan Feinberg, piano

    4:14
  • 9:12 AM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 9:06 AM

    Presto No. 2

    Miguel del Aguila

    Miguel Del Aguila: Salon Buenos Aires

    Camerata San Antonio

    4:56
  • 9:01 AM

    Waltz No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Opp. 33-36, 38

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    4:37
  • 8:42 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    16:42
  • 8:30 AM

    Echorus

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass, Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    11:32
  • 8:09 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    18:45
  • 8:06 AM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Norwegian Classical Favourites

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Mountain Songs: A Cycle of American Folk Music

    Paula Robison, flute

    4:34
  • 7:27 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    31:51
  • 7:20 AM

    Elisenda's Garden

    Enrique Granados

    Douglas Riva, piano

    5:29
  • 7:06 AM

    Concert Pieces

    Francois Couperin

    Jian Wang: The Baroque Album

    Camerata Salzburg

    Jian Wang, cello

    12:41
  • 7:01 AM

    The Past

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 3

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:30
  • 6:29 AM

    Suite for Strings

    Ethel Smyth

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    28:52
  • 6:21 AM

    Three Shanties

    Malcolm Arnold

    Ibert, J.: 3 Pieces Breves / Reicha, A.: Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major / Arnold, M.: 3 Shanties / Klughardt, A.F.M.: Wind Quintet

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:36
  • 6:06 AM

    English Pastoral Impressions

    Ernest Farrar

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Alasdair Mitchell, conductor

    14:13
  • 6:01 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Manhattan Chamber Orchestra

    Richard Auldon Clark, conductor

    Chris Gekker, trumpet

    4:36