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  • 4:45 AM

    Black Iris

    Reena Esmail

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    13:04
  • 4:16 AM

    Piano Trio

    Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Weinberg, Shostakovich: Songs and Trios

    Trio Vivente

    27:50
  • 4:06 AM

    Two Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:11
  • 4:01 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    4:41
  • 3:52 AM

    Grace

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    Primavera IV: The Heart

    Matt Haimovitz, cello

    6:25
  • 3:22 AM

    Requiem

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure Requiem

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    Gerald Finley, baritone

    27:47
  • 3:06 AM

    Naive Music: selections

    Valentin Silvestrov

    Mykola Suk, pianist

    Mykola Suk, piano

    14:34
  • 3:01 AM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 2:50 AM

    Canto e Danza

    Erland von Koch

    Music for Flute and Guitar

    Diego Blanco, guitar

    8:11
  • 2:44 AM

    Song and Dance No. 9

    Federico Mompou

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:33
  • 2:15 AM

    Paroles - Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Dia Succari

    Uneven Sky

    German Symphony Orchestra

    Manuel Nawri, conductor

    Kinan Azmeh, clarinet

    28:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Pavane Couleur du temps

    Frank Martin

    Debussy, Martin, Caplet, Pierne, Jongen

    Oxalys

    6:20
  • 2:01 AM

    Walking (Hommage a Thoreau)

    Lars Aksel Bisgaard

    Carl Petersson, piano

    4:52
  • 1:48 AM

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    Mark Fewer, violin

    Zoltan Rozsnyai, cello

    11:15
  • 1:30 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les adieux"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Paul Lewis, piano

    17:00
  • 1:13 AM

    Warmth from Other Suns

    Carlos Simon

    Ivalas Quartet

    14:31
  • 1:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Faure, Satie

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:44
  • 1:01 AM

    Elegy, to Calvin Simmons

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: A Portrait

    California Symphony

    Barry Jekowsky, conductor

    4:44
  • 12:48 AM

    There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

    Frank Bridge

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    10:16
  • 12:45 AM

    The Cloud-Capp'd Towers

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Music of the Spheres: Part Songs of the British Isles

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    2:22
  • 12:20 AM

    Shakespeare Suite No. 1

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    23:05
  • 12:06 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Ground Beneath Our Feet

    The Knights

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    12:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Daniel's Chaconne

    Ronn McFarlane

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba

    4:49
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony No. 53 "Imperial"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    21:30
  • 11:18 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
  • 11:11 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Louise Farrenc

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:25
  • 11:06 PM

    Concerto alla rustica (Rustic Concerto)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:47
  • 11:01 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 10:48 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:55
  • 10:18 PM

    Octet

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    28:08
  • 10:16 PM

    Sakura, Sakura

    Traditional Japanese

    Chanticleer

    1:10
  • 10:06 PM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 10:01 PM

    Intermedio

    Vicente Arregui

    Roberto Moronn Perez, guitar

    4:42
  • 9:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Elfman: Violin Concerto, 'Eleven Eleven' - Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    23:34
  • 9:33 PM

    April Rain Song

    Jeremiah Evans

    Rising

    Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

    1:37
  • 9:20 PM

    The Soloist: Suite

    Dario Marianelli

    The Soloist - Music from the Motion Picture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Ben Hong, cello

    10:51
  • 9:14 PM

    Between Worlds

    Carlos Simon

    Together

    Seth Parker Woods, cello

    4:24
  • 9:07 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Dance

    Nathaniel Dett

    Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

    Rochelle Sennet, piano

    2:17
  • 9:01 PM

    Unrest

    Brandee Younger

    Ashley Jackson

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    4:47
  • 8:50 PM

    Tres Danzas

    Guillermo Uribe Holguin

    Fiesta Criolla: Latin-American Orchestral Works

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

    Gabriel Castagna, conductor

    8:04
  • 8:25 PM

    Sea Pictures

    Uuno Klami

    Klami: Karelian Rhapsody, etc.

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Petri Sakari, conductor

    23:35
  • 8:11 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    12:45
  • 8:06 PM

    The Blue Bird

    Charles Stanford

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:55
  • 8:01 PM

    Per Flemstrom, flute

    Mats Bergstrom, guitar

    4:34
  • 7:49 PM

    Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:41
  • 4:43 PM

    Butterfly Overture

    Ge Gan-ru

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Tsung Yeh, conductor

    15:11
  • 4:39 PM

    Chasing Butterflies

    Issam Rafea/Gao Hong

    Issam Rafea, oud

    Gao Hong, pipa

    4:25
  • 4:23 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    14:10
  • 4:11 PM

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Carlos Kleiber, conductor

    10:00
  • 4:06 PM

    Vidi aquam (I saw water coming from the temple)

    Filipe de Magalhaes

    Portuguese Polyphony

    Ars Nova Ensemble

    Bo Holten, conductor

    4:05
  • 4:01 PM

    Concerto for 2 Horns: Rondo

    Antonio Rosetti

    Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic

    Johannes Moesus, conductor

    Klaus Wallendorf, horn

    Sarah Willis, horn

    4:34
  • 3:48 PM

    Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Suite

    Joe Hisaishi

    A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, conductor

    10:09
  • 3:25 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Gabriel Pierne

    Piano Concerto in C Minor

    Philharmonie de Lorraine

    Jacques Houtmann, conductor

    Dag Achatz, piano

    21:12
  • 3:20 PM

    Myfanwy

    Joseph Parry

    Song

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    3:41
  • 3:06 PM

    Froissart Overture

    Edward Elgar

    English Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    13:15
  • 3:01 PM

    La Folia/Chi passa

    Anonymous

    Airs Populaires Anglais di XVIIe

    Broadside Band

    Jeremy Barlow, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:42 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    (Marie) Clemence de Grandval

    GRANDVAL: Oboe Works

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrey Boreyko, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    16:54
  • 2:40 PM

    The Musical Box

    Anatol Liadov

    Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, and other orchestral works.

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    1:34
  • 2:31 PM

    Variations on an Original Theme

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cedric Tiberghien - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 1

    Cedric Tiberghien, piano

    7:18
  • 2:15 PM

    Ballet Suite No. 3

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: Ballet Suites; Festive Overture

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    15:48
  • 2:06 PM

    Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball

    Hector Berlioz

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    6:19
  • 2:01 PM

    Grand Fantasy Quintet: Scherzo

    Rita Strohl

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Hanson Quartet

    Ismael Margain, piano

    4:35
  • 1:42 PM

    The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances

    Nino Rota

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    16:11
  • 1:38 PM

    Twelve Preludes on Aksak Rhythms: No. 4

    Ahmet Adnan Saygun

    To Anatolia - Selections from the Turkish Five

    Beyza Yazgan, piano

    2:06
  • 1:17 PM

    Flute Concerto No. 2

    Saverio Mercadante

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

    19:45
  • 1:06 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    10:10
  • 1:01 PM

    Winter Serenade (Serenade d'Hiver)

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Asbury Brass Quintet

    4:33
  • 10:42 AM

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Maurice Ravel

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    16:32
  • 10:24 AM

    Frank Lloyd, horn

    Marcia Crayford, violin

    Jeremy Williams,viola

    Roger Chase, viola

    Christopher van Kampen, cello

    15:53
  • 10:17 AM

    Nocturne No. 11

    John Field

    Field: Complete Nocturnes

    Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano

    5:25
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    10:20
  • 10:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 9:45 AM

    Harp Concerto

    George Frideric Handel

    Masterworks for the Harp

    Philomusica of London

    Granville Jones, conductor

    Osian Ellis, harp

    13:44
  • 9:19 AM

    Catalyst Quartet

    24:05
  • 9:09 AM

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Excerpts)

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    8:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    1:53
  • 9:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 8:54 AM

    Shells of the Ocean

    Justin Holland

    Gabriele Leite, guitar

    4:13
  • 8:15 AM

    Symphony

    Florence Price

    Recorded Music of the African Diaspora, Vol. 3 - Florence B. Price: Concerto in One Movement; Symphony in E Minor

    New Black Music Repertory Ensemble

    Leslie B. Dunner, conductor

    38:28
  • 8:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Galway, flute

    Jeanne Galway, flute

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    Philip Moll, harpsichord

    12:22
  • 7:29 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    29:03
  • 7:16 AM

    The Night Gatherers

    Judd Greenstein

    first things first

    Chiara String Quartet

    Nadia Sirota, viola

    12:54
  • 7:06 AM

    Bukoolika (Bucolic)

    Ester Magi

    Ester Magi: Orchestral Music

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Arvo Volmer, conductor

    8:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Etude "La Nuit"

    Alexander Glazunov

    Night Stories

    Jenny Lin, piano

    4:09
  • 6:48 AM

    String Quartet

    Germaine Tailleferre

    Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel

    Stenhammar Quartet

    9:45
  • 6:09 AM

    Symphony No. 2 "Awakening of Spring"

    Rued Langgaard

    Langgaard, R.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

    Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano

    37:32
  • 6:01 AM

    William Bolcom, piano

    7:23
  • 5:31 AM

    Double Concerto

    Jonathan Leshnoff

    IRIS Orchestra

    Michael Stern, conductor

    Charles Wetherbee, violin

    Roberto Diaz, viola

    27:18
  • 5:26 AM

    Berta Rojas, guitar

    3:47
  • 5:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3

    Cleveland Quartet

    23:42