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  • 4:49 AM

    Alleluia

    Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:07
  • 4:45 AM

    Bist du bei mir (If Thou art Near)

    Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel

    Bach Generations

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    3:19
  • 4:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 14

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Dover Quartet Beethoven Complete String Quartets Volume 3 The Late Quartets

    Dover Quartet

    37:30
  • 4:01 AM

    Leaving Capri

    Tonu Korvits

    Tonu Korvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Risto Joost, conductor

    4:35
  • 3:50 AM

    Piano Trio: Pale Yellow

    Jennifer Higdon

    Lincoln Trio

    8:28
  • 3:43 AM

    Oboe Concerto: Chant

    Peter Schickele

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    Pamela Pecha, oboe

    5:56
  • 3:26 AM

    Saskia Lankhoorn, piano

    15:31
  • 3:14 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2: Very Slow "Chokhmah Yud"

    Jonathan Leshnoff

    Oklahoma City Philharmonic

    Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

    Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin

    9:56
  • 3:08 AM

    Ki Hineih Kachomer

    Judith Clurman

    REJOICE! Honoring the Jewish Spirit

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    James Cunningham, piano

    5:44
  • 3:06 AM

    M'chalkeil Chayim

    Solomon Braslavsky

    Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit

    Kathryn Andersen, violin

    1:15
  • 3:01 AM

    Nachtstuck

    Franz Schubert

    L'arpa notturna

    Elisabeth Plank, harp

    4:49
  • 2:46 AM

    Autumn Legend

    William Alwyn

    William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Autumn Legend

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    William Alwyn, conductor

    Geoffrey Browne, English horn

    12:09
  • 2:17 AM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure Requiem

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Gerald Finley, baritone

    27:47
  • 2:06 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 2:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 1:42 AM

    Fairy Tale Pictures (Marchenbilder)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Chamber Music

    Nobuko Imai, viola

    15:47
  • 1:10 AM

    Fairy Tale

    Josef Suk

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    30:28
  • 1:06 AM

    Airs for the Seasons: Daisy (Autumn)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    2:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Violin Sonata: Ballad

    Leos Janacek

    Strauss, Janacek & Debussy: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    4:45
  • 1:01 AM

    Airs for the Seasons: Daisy (Autumn)

    James Oswald

    Rezonance Baroque Ensemble

    Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin

    2:30
  • 12:52 AM

    Violin Sonata: Ballad

    Leos Janacek

    Strauss, Janacek & Debussy: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

    Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin

    4:45
  • 12:48 AM

    Kol Nidrei

    Max Bruch

    Voice of Hope

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    10:35
  • 12:37 AM

    Serenade No. 3

    Sandor Kuti

    Black Oak Ensemble

    10:17
  • 12:18 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08
  • 12:13 AM

    Seasonal Breezes: Autumn Breeze

    Rick Sowash

    Sylvan Trio

    3:37
  • 12:06 AM

    The Gadfly: Romance

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    6:33
  • 12:01 AM

    Suite in modo polonico: Kujawiak Mazurka and Oberek Mazurka

    Alexandre Tansman

    Hommage à Chopin

    Tomasz Zawierucha, guitar

    4:53
  • 11:49 PM

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Schneider, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    8:55
  • 11:14 PM

    Images for Orchestra

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Images, Etc

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    33:56
  • 11:09 PM

    Warmth from Other Suns: Settle

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Carlos Simon Collective

    3:17
  • 11:06 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The 5 Browns: Browns in Blue

    Melody Brown, piano

    2:12
  • 11:01 PM

    Romanza Andaluza

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Violin Romances

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:46
  • 10:53 PM

    Spirited Light

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Jason Awbrey, bass

    4:54
  • 10:14 PM

    In the Path of Thunder: Ballet Suite

    Kara Karayev

    Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

    Rauf Abdulayev, conductor

    38:08
  • 10:12 PM

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    1:20
  • 10:06 PM

    Valse Triste

    Jean Sibelius

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    4:26
  • 10:01 PM

    Album Leaf

    Joachim Andersen

    Nordic Spring

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    4:34
  • 9:55 PM

    My People

    Joel Thompson

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    3:21
  • 9:24 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"

    William Grant Still

    Still: Symphony No. 2/ Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    29:13
  • 9:15 PM

    Shotgun Houses: Rome

    Valerie Coleman

    Pacifica Quartet

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    6:35
  • 9:06 PM

    God Bless the Child

    Billie Holiday/Arthur HerzogJr.

    A Billie Holiday Songbook

    Lara Downes, piano

    3:26
  • 9:01 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:47
  • 8:46 PM

    Poema concertante

    Xavier Montsalvatge

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Celso Antunes, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    12:29
  • 8:28 PM

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Maurice Ravel

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    16:30
  • 8:25 PM

    Pastourelle

    Edward Elgar

    Peter Pettinger, piano

    2:18
  • 8:12 PM

    Winged Creatures

    Michael Abels

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

    Allen Tinkham, conductor

    Anthony McGill, clarinet

    Demarre McGill, flute

    11:38
  • 8:06 PM

    Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    French National Orchestra

    Armin Jordan, conductor

    4:57
  • 8:01 PM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    A. Scarlatti: Sinfonie & Concertos

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:47 PM

    The Butterfly's Ball

    Frederic Cowen

    Overtures from the British Isles

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    11:49
  • 4:32 PM

    String Quartet No. 6

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

    Jerusalem Quartet

    26:10
  • 4:20 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Hebrides Overture

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    10:51
  • 4:15 PM

    Braveheart: Main Title

    James Horner

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Jerry O'Sullivan, Uilleann pipes

    4:51
  • 4:06 PM

    Introduction and Passacaglia

    William Wallace

    Wallace: Dances and Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Boris Brott, conductor

    6:49
  • 4:01 PM

    Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aufs Lautenwerk

    Kim Heindel, lautenwerk

    4:41
  • 3:43 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 6

    Charles Auguste de Beriot

    Beriot: Works for Violin & Orchestra

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Ayana Tsuji, violin

    15:30
  • 3:16 PM

    Brazilian Suite

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor

    Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fabio Mechetti, conductor

    25:06
  • 3:11 PM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    Whitacre: Cloudburst

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:47
  • 3:06 PM

    Serenade

    Roman Hoffstetter

    From Mozart to Ravel

    Blair String Quartet

    3:49
  • 3:01 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Polacca

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    4:33
  • 2:50 PM

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    Maria Duenas, violin

    8:01
  • 2:26 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    22:40
  • 2:12 PM

    Overture burlesque

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Bernhard Forck, conductor

    12:49
  • 2:06 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos

    4:59
  • 2:01 PM

    Vento Chiaro

    4:33
  • 1:41 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 17

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andreas Haefliger, piano

    17:19
  • 1:35 PM

    Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows

    James Horner

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:01
  • 1:19 PM

    Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola

    Randall Thompson

    Oboist Peter Christ

    Peter Christ, oboe

    15:45
  • 1:07 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    10:08
  • 1:01 PM

    La Folia/Chi passa

    Anonymous

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:42 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 10:38 AM

    Princess Mononoke: Ashitaka and San

    Joe Hisaishi

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    3:56
  • 10:13 AM

    String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Shanghai Quartet

    23:07
  • 10:06 AM

    Chor Leoni Men's Chorus

    Erick Lichte, conductor

    5:32
  • 10:01 AM

    Sarabande

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:42
  • 9:48 AM

    Oboe Concerto No. 8

    Tomaso Albinoni

    6 Oboe Concerti - Marcello, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Sammartini

    I Solisti Italiani

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    10:10
  • 9:29 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    Heuberger/Fuchs/Straus: Serenaden

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 9:12 AM

    Impressions d'ardennes

    Joseph Jongen

    National Orchestra of Belgium

    Roman Kofman, conductor

    14:47
  • 9:06 AM

    Romances without Words

    Gabriel Faure

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:36
  • 9:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 8:20 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak And Lalo Cello Concertos

    Prague Philharmonic

    Jakub Hrusa, conductor

    Johannes Moser, cello

    38:41
  • 8:14 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Yukio Yokoyama, piano

    4:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Serenata for Chamber Orchestra

    George Walker

    Cleveland Chamber Symphony

    Edwin London, conductor

    11:45
  • 7:51 AM

    Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)

    Arturo Sandoval

    Wildflower

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    7:17
  • 7:18 AM

    Piano Concerto "Memo Flora"

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Manchester Camerata

    Sachio Fujioka, conductor

    Kyoko Tabe, piano

    32:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas - Complete

    Paul Galbraith, guitar

    15:30
  • 6:42 AM

    Partita for Flute, Violin, and Strings

    Paul Creston

    City of London Sinfonia

    David Amos, conductor

    Yossi Arnheim, flute

    Nicholas Ward, violin

    16:36
  • 6:15 AM

    Autumn Gardens

    Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    26:24
  • 6:01 AM

    Fantasia

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Helene Grimaud: The Messenger

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    11:32
  • 5:55 AM

    Night Prayer

    Alec Roth

    Many are the Wonders

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    Lucy Cox, soprano

    2:59
  • 5:15 AM

    String Quartet

    Ethel Smyth

    Villiers Quartet

    39:31
  • 5:01 AM

    Musica Celestis

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:21