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  • 5:54 AM

    Rhapsody No. 2

    Jessie Montgomery

    she/her/hers

    Lara St. John, violin

    4:14
  • 5:30 AM

    Guitar Concerto

    Stephen Goss

    Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    23:30
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet

    Johanna Muller-Hermann

    Zemlinsky, A. Von: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 / Muller-Hermann, J.: String Quartet, Op. 6

    Artis Quartet

    22:02
  • 5:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    American Originals

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 4:53 AM

    Rhapsody for Oboe (The Winter's Past)

    Wayne Barlow

    Light in a Time of Darkness

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Henry Ward, oboe

    5:31
  • 4:13 AM

    The Bells

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Adams: Harmonium; Rachmaninoff: The Bells

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    38:25
  • 4:06 AM

    Norse Legend

    Frank Bridge

    Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:01 AM

    Pecheurs de Nuit

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    4:33
  • 3:47 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Maurice Ravel

    Jupiter String Quartet

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    Alexa Still, flute

    Richard Hawkins, clarinet

    11:25
  • 3:24 AM

    Symphony No. 88

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    21:05
  • 3:16 AM

    Fodder on my Wings

    Nina Simone

    Little Girl Blue

    Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello

    5:23
  • 3:06 AM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer": Variations 3 and 4

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    4:48
  • 3:01 AM

    For Alina

    Arvo Part

    Motherland

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:51
  • 2:54 AM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:30
  • 2:39 AM

    Gesange der Fruhe (Songs of the Dawn)

    Robert Schumann

    Arabesque

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    14:07
  • 2:14 AM

    Divertimento for String Orchestra

    Bela Bartok

    C/O Chamber Orchestra

    23:20
  • 2:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3: 2nd movement

    Marcel Tyberg

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:13
  • 2:01 AM

    Portraits of Langston: Silver Rain

    Valerie Coleman

    Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet and Piano

    Demarre McGill, flute

    4:48
  • 1:50 AM

    Swan of Tuonela

    Jean Sibelius

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    Havard Norang, English horn

    8:29
  • 1:26 AM

    Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works Iv

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Jean Martinon, conductor

    Aldo Ciccolini, piano

    23:50
  • 1:16 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    7:53
  • 1:09 AM

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Axioms: Moments of Truth

    Axiom Quartet

    4:35
  • 1:06 AM

    Il Trovatore: Vedi, le fosche nottune (Anvil Chorus)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

    German Opera Orchestra

    Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    2:42
  • 1:01 AM

    Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)

    Jeff Scott

    Akropolis Reed Quintet

    4:45
  • 12:46 AM

    Miniatures for Small Orchestra

    Roque Cordero

    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    11:44
  • 12:31 AM

    Symphony No. 16

    Michael Haydn

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    14:18
  • 12:26 AM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    3:30
  • 12:18 AM

    Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"

    Frederic Chopin

    Ivan Moravec, piano

    6:26
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

    Concerto Italiano

    Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

    11:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    4:43
  • 11:52 PM

    Raymonda: Entr'acte

    Alexander Glazunov

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    6:00
  • 11:34 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Eivind Aadland, conductor

    Baiba Skride, violin

    18:20
  • 11:24 PM

    Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance

    Don Ray

    Home For The Harvest

    Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

    Derek Gleeson, conductor

    7:58
  • 11:20 PM

    Rainbow

    Abbey Lincoln

    Holes in the Sky

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:42
  • 11:06 PM

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    12:59
  • 11:01 PM

    Chilean Dance

    Andrew York

    Andrew York, guitar

    4:30
  • 10:50 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Emilie Mayer - Symphony No. 5

    Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble

    Jurgen Bruns, conductor

    Katia Tchemberdji, piano

    8:12
  • 10:48 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Music For Brass Septet 3

    Septura

    1:44
  • 10:28 PM

    Siegfried Idyll

    Richard Wagner

    German Opera Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    19:14
  • 10:22 PM

    Symphony No. 100 "Military": Minuet

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: 12 London Symphonies

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:42
  • 10:19 PM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Yevgeny Kutik, violin

    John Novacek, piano

    2:11
  • 10:06 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    11:32
  • 10:03 PM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:46
  • 9:52 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Chabrier: Orchestral Works

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    6:11
  • 9:38 PM

    Italian Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    13:04
  • 9:32 PM

    The Moons Symphony: Monolithic Cliff

    Amanda Lee Falkenberg

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    4:21
  • 9:20 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:07
  • 9:06 PM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    13:14
  • 9:01 PM

    Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)

    Franz Schubert

    Liszt Piano Music, Vol. 17

    Valerie Tryon, piano

    4:37
  • 6:48 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Pictures at a Gallery

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:12
  • 6:42 PM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    5:38
  • 6:19 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    Beatrix Hulsemann, violin

    Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

    20:44
  • 6:15 PM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    David Russell, guitar

    3:04
  • 6:06 PM

    Global Warming

    Michael Abels

    African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol. 3

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    8:19
  • 6:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suites For Solo Cello

    Pierre Fournier, cello

    4:37
  • 5:51 PM

    Seattle Slew: Preakness Promenade

    William Bolcom

    William Bolcom

    Louisville Orchestra

    Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor

    7:38
  • 5:23 PM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    Giorgi Gigashvili, piano

    27:21
  • 5:17 PM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 5:06 PM

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:11
  • 5:01 PM

    Octet: 3rd movement

    Jean Francaix

    Francaix: Divertissement

    Gaudier Ensemble

    4:49
  • 4:53 PM

    Fantasy-Impromptu

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: 24 Preludes

    Bella Davidovich, piano

    5:01
  • 4:50 PM

    Mid-Winter Songs: Like Snow; Mid-Winter Waking

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    3:21
  • 4:20 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    28:29
  • 4:15 PM

    That Tired Rag

    Charlotte Blake

    Fluffy Ruffle Girls

    Virginia Eskin, piano

    2:06
  • 4:06 PM

    Oboe Concerto No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    Heinz Holliger, oboe

    9:25
  • 4:01 PM

    Reverie

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate: Violin and Piano Music, Vol. 3

    Tianwa Yang, violin

    4:35
  • 3:47 PM

    Symphony No. 6

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    Karel Stadtherr, violin

    10:57
  • 3:31 PM

    In the Faery Hills

    Arnold Bax

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    15:05
  • 3:29 PM

    The Fairy Round

    Anthony Holborne

    Heart's Ease: Music For Viol Consort

    Fretwork

    1:25
  • 3:08 PM

    Serenade

    Julius Rontgen

    Röntgen: Orchestral Works

    Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    19:24
  • 3:03 PM

    Poetic Tone Pictures: Toying

    Antonin Dvorak

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    4:20
  • 2:52 PM

    Little Trio

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Dix Mélodies - Violin Sonata - Piano Trio

    Tobias Ringborg, violin

    9:06
  • 2:37 PM

    Marosszek Dances

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Dorati Conducts Kodaly and Bartok

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    13:42
  • 2:23 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    12:21
  • 2:20 PM

    Wade in the Water

    Traditional

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Joel Fischer, tenor

    2:11
  • 2:09 PM

    The Uninhabited Island: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    7:32
  • 2:04 PM

    The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

    Reinhold Gliere

    Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:38
  • 1:51 PM

    Huapango

    Jose Moncayo

    The Latin Album

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:01
  • 1:44 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2: 1st movement

    Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

    Havana Lyceum Orchestra

    Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor

    Sarah Willis, horn

    6:33
  • 1:44 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 15: 2nd movement (Vivace)

    William Boyce

    Boyce: Trio Sonatas

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    2:15
  • 1:36 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Lorin Maazel, conductor

    6:00
  • 1:31 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Menuetto 1 and 2

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade Nr. 1; Tragische Ouverture; Akademische Festouverture

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    3:55
  • 1:20 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Stars & Stripes

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    10:42
  • 1:15 PM

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Traditional Irish

    Demarre McGill, flute

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Michael McHale, piano

    3:53
  • 1:10 PM

    Symphony No. 17: 1st movement

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    3:48
  • 1:04 PM

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Anonymous

    Daniel Hope, violin

    Stephan Rath, guitar

    Stefan Maass, lute

    4:41
  • 12:47 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    12:07
  • 12:40 PM

    The Merchant of Venice: Suite: A la Valse

    Arthur Sullivan

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Vivian Dunn, conductor

    4:55
  • 12:34 PM

    Dances of the French Renaissance:

    Claude Gervaise & Pierre Attaignant

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    6:11
  • 12:28 PM

    Minuet

    Luigi Boccherini

    Promenade Concert

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:57
  • 12:19 PM

    Piano Quartet No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Momentum 1785/86

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    27:53
  • 12:15 PM

    Wand of Youth: Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

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

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    2:42
  • 12:08 PM

    Aria in Classic Style

    Marcel Grandjany

    Classics for Chamber Orchestra

    Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

    Jan-Olav Wedin, conductor

    Christine Muhlbach, harp

    5:58
  • 12:04 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:20
  • 11:41 AM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Molter / Bonporti

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    6:17
  • 11:24 AM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    15:28
  • 11:20 AM

    Nocturne No. 20

    Frederic Chopin

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    3:42
  • 11:16 AM

    Dearest Spot on Earth

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Keith Calmes, guitar

    2:25
  • 11:11 AM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Fawzi Haimor, conductor

    3:51
  • 11:06 AM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Overtures

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    4:54
  • 11:01 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Paul Mealor

    Jubilate: 500 Years of Cathedral Music

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    Andrew Carwood, conductor

    4:35
  • 10:51 AM

    Rathhaus-Ball-Tanze (City Hall Ball Dances) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    New Year's Concert 2012

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    7:51
  • 10:40 AM

    Viennese Waltzes

    Emma Kodaly

    Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers

    Hiroko Ishimoto, piano

    9:58
  • 10:23 AM

    Les Preludes

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poems

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    15:00
  • 10:19 AM

    Maxixe

    Agustin Barrios

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    2:31
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6

    I Musici

    12:21
  • 10:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Piano Works

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 9:56 AM

    Air

    Helen Hopekirk

    Hopekirk: Piano Works

    Gary Steigerwalt, piano

    2:23
  • 9:33 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peter Schickele

    Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Schikele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    22:30
  • 9:11 AM

    Ciclo Brasileiro

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Anna-Stella Schic, piano

    20:03
  • 9:06 AM

    Falling in Love Again

    Friedrich Hollander

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Hannah Roberts, cello

    4:29
  • 9:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40
  • 8:37 AM

    Octet for Winds

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Music for Winds

    Stephen Taylor, oboe

    21:22
  • 8:22 AM

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

    Camille Saint-Saens

    French Clarinet Art

    Paul Meyer, clarinet

    15:03
  • 8:17 AM

    Four Taiwanese Folk Songs: Rain Night Flower

    Wei-Chieh Lin

    Formosa Quartet

    4:22
  • 8:06 AM

    Dumka-Shumka

    Mykola Lysenko

    Natalya Pasichnyk, piano

    8:50
  • 8:01 AM

    Guitar Sonata: 3rd movement

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Carulli: Guitar Sonatals Opp. 5 & 21, Nos. 1-3

    Richard Savino, guitar

    4:39
  • 7:35 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    23:02
  • 7:30 AM

    Eponina

    Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon: Brazilian Dances by Ernesto Nazareth

    Antoine Zemor, piano

    4:22
  • 7:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    Cecil Aronowitz, viola

    22:22
  • 7:01 AM

    Duo Concertant No. 2: Adagio cantabile

    Antoine de L'Hoyer

    LHOYER: 3 DUO CONCERTANTS, OP. 31 - DUO CONCERTANT, OP. 34, NO. 2

    Matteo Mela, guitar

    4:41
  • 6:55 AM

    Suite: Nocturne

    Agathe Grondahl

    Sara Aimee Smiseth, piano

    3:52
  • 6:24 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti" (The Prophets)

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 11

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    30:17
  • 6:17 AM

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Celestial Gate

    I Fiamminghi

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    5:39
  • 6:01 AM

    Silvain Overture

    Andre Gretry

    Gretry: Suites and Overtures

    Orchestre De Bretagne

    Stefan Sanderling, conductor

    4:45