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  • 4:49 AM

    Nightfall

    Meredith Monk

    Sean Shibe, electric guitar

    9:37
  • 4:43 AM

    The Bear and the Squirrel

    Jeremy Turner

    yMusic

    5:20
  • 4:40 AM

    Reflections: Reflection

    Sufjan Stevens

    Reflections

    Timo Andres, piano

    2:57
  • 4:34 AM

    Reflections: Rodinia

    Sufjan Stevens

    Reflections

    Timo Andres, piano

    5:52
  • 4:30 AM

    Reflections: Mnemosyne

    Sufjan Stevens

    Timo Andres, piano

    Conor Hanick, piano

    3:27
  • 4:16 AM

    Perfectly Voiceless

    Devonte Hynes

    Third Coast Percussion

    11:29
  • 4:06 AM

    Pulse

    Fuse & Bryce Dessner

    Mikrokosmos

    Fuse

    9:08
  • 4:01 AM

    Electric Counterpoint: Fast

    Steve Reich

    Sonic Wires

    Bryce Dessner, guitar

    4:27
  • 3:52 AM

    Far Down Far

    Maeve Gilchrist

    American Railroad

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Rhiannon Giddens, banjo

    6:52
  • 3:47 AM

    Time For Three

    Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele

    Mathias Kunzli, percussion

    3:59
  • 3:16 AM

    Juno Concerto

    Bela Fleck

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Luis Gomez, conductor

    Bela Fleck, banjo

    29:42
  • 3:07 AM

    Franz and the Eagle

    Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan

    The Goat Rodeo Sessions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:52
  • 3:01 AM

    Jig and Pop

    Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:26
  • 2:52 AM

    Nocturne No. 17

    Frederic Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes: Chopin

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    6:27
  • 2:16 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Peteris Vasks

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Poga, conductor

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe

    33:29
  • 2:06 AM

    Fantasy on Latvian Folksongs

    Georgs Pelecis

    Folk Trails

    Anya Alexeyev, piano

    8:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Garmoshka

    Ljova

    The Knights

    Eric Jacobsen, conductor

    Johnny Gandelsman, violin

    Colin Jacobsen, violin

    4:36
  • 1:49 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    Cracow Golden Quintet

    9:17
  • 1:27 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    20:48
  • 1:24 AM

    Reve d'amour

    Gabriel Faure

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    2:28
  • 1:12 AM

    Unter bluhenden Linden

    Lou Koster

    Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra

    Jonathan Kaell, conductor

    10:53
  • 1:06 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Fantasien

    Sivan Magen, harp

    4:22
  • 1:01 AM

    String Poetic: Nocturne

    Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    4:46
  • 12:53 AM

    Raphaella Smits, guitar

    5:01
  • 11:47 PM

    Devil's Promenade

    Louis Ballard

    Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, & Scenes from Indian Life

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    11:04
  • 11:27 PM

    Petite Symphony

    Charles Gounod

    Romantic Wind

    Norwegian Winds

    Gerard Oskamp, conductor

    18:23
  • 11:19 PM

    Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    7:51
  • 11:11 PM

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Nathaniel Dett

    My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    6:05
  • 11:06 PM

    Two Ballades: No. 1

    Fazil Say

    Fazil Say

    Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

    Scott Yoo, conductor

    4:31
  • 11:01 PM

    Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina

    Tarquinio Merula

    Ensemble Fitzwilliam

    4:45
  • 10:48 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 10:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    25:10
  • 10:09 PM

    Knight in Armour

    Ruth Gipps

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    9:53
  • 10:06 PM

    The Prince of Denmark's March

    Jeremiah Clarke

    Empire Brass

    William Kuhlman, organ

    2:51
  • 9:49 PM

    Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies

    Alberto Hemsi

    ARC Ensemble

    9:02
  • 9:47 PM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:52
  • 9:33 PM

    Georgian Chamber Orchestra

    Lisa Batiashvili, conductor

    Lisa Batiashvili, violin

    12:25
  • 9:21 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    11:06
  • 9:13 PM

    Jonathan Biss, piano

    6:07
  • 9:06 PM

    Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)

    Claude Debussy

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    6:26
  • 9:03 PM

    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

    Joe Hisaishi

    Studio Orchestra

    Joe Hisaishi, piano

    2:49
  • 8:48 PM

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Alexander Borodin

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    10:12
  • 8:43 PM

    Scherzo

    Grazyna Bacewicz

    The Future is Female, Vol. 3 "At Play"

    Sarah Cahill, piano

    4:10
  • 8:22 PM

    Suite for Large Orchestra

    Helena Munktell

    Helena Munktell: Orchestral Works

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    19:18
  • 8:18 PM

    Ribers No. 8

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    2:53
  • 8:06 PM

    Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

    Hans Graf, conductor

    10:52
  • 8:01 PM

    Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz

    Alfred Uhl

    Into The Blue

    Cumberland Quintet

    4:43
  • 7:48 PM

    Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen

    Johan Halvorsen

    Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsody, Norwegian Festival Overture, etc.

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    9:56
  • 5:46 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Giovanni Sammartini

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Lucie Horsch, recorder

    12:23
  • 5:28 PM

    String Quartet

    Florence Price

    American Voices

    Pacifica Quartet

    16:30
  • 5:20 PM

    Deep Summer Music

    Libby Larsen

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:16
  • 5:07 PM

    Semiramide: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jaime Laredo, conductor

    12:17
  • 5:01 PM

    Nonetto: 1st movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    4:50
  • 4:50 PM

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Basileiras Nos. 1-9; Guitar Concerto

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:21
  • 4:46 PM

    Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bacheando

    Plinio Fernandes, guitar

    3:37
  • 4:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    20:48
  • 4:12 PM

    Overture di Ballo

    Arthur Sullivan

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    9:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Double Bass Quartet No. 2: Rondo

    Franz Hoffmeister

    HOFFMEISTER, F.A.: Double Bass Quartets Nos. 2-4 / SCHUBERT, F.: Arpeggione Sonata

    Norbert Duka, double bass

    5:29
  • 4:01 PM

    A Country Woman

    Bedrich Smetana

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    4:34
  • 3:43 PM

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Igor Stravinsky

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    14:50
  • 3:21 PM

    Wand of Youth Suite No. 1

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    20:42
  • 3:15 PM

    Farewell to Stromness

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Soundscapes

    Mississippi Guitar Quartet

    4:19
  • 3:06 PM

    Egmont Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Essential Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    George Szell, conductor

    8:33
  • 3:01 PM

    Chi passa per'sta strada

    Filippo Azzaiolo

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 2:56 PM

    Minuet

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    My Gift To You

    Antonin Kubalek, piano

    2:18
  • 2:51 PM

    Three Motets: Easter Day

    Dominick Argento

    Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:58
  • 2:48 PM

    Marche Slave

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:27
  • 2:27 PM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Janne Nisonen, conductor

    Jaakko Luoma, bassoon

    22:40
  • 2:24 PM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    2:03
  • 2:10 PM

    The Song of Hiawatha: Overture

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    11:22
  • 2:01 PM

    String Quartet: 2nd movement

    Edvard Grieg

    GRIEG: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / JOHANSEN: String Quartet Op. 35

    Oslo String Quartet

    7:06
  • 1:49 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd mvt

    Anton Bruckner

    Munich Philharmonic

    Sergiu Celibidache, conductor

    11:00
  • 1:44 PM

    Nocturne in g, Op. 15/3

    Frederic Chopin

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, p

    3:33
  • 1:39 PM

    The Deer Hunter: Cavatina

    Stanley Myers

    Angel Romero, guitar

    3:09
  • 1:29 PM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    8:44
  • 1:25 PM

    Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105

    Takacs Quartet

    Gabor Ormai, harmonium

    3:03
  • 1:19 PM

    Mass No. 10 "Paukenmesse" (Mass in Time of War): Benedictus

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, J.: Mass in B-Flat Major, "Theresienmesse" - Mass in C Major, "Paukenmesse"

    Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Ruth Ziesak, soprano

    5:33
  • 1:11 PM

    La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1

    Manuel de Falla

    Souvenirs

    Johan Dalene, violin

    3:31
  • 1:04 PM

    Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

    Leo Delibes

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    5:54
  • 12:54 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    The Chicago Principal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Adolph Herseth, trumpet

    14:23
  • 12:49 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dallas Brass Quintet

    4:10
  • 12:42 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: Scherzo

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Chopin, Saint-Saens: Concerti

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Cecile Licad, piano

    5:20
  • 12:32 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    8:38
  • 12:28 PM

    Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dallas Brass Quintet

    4:10
  • 12:27 PM

    Nocturne

    Alexander Borodin

    The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World...Ever!

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:57
  • 12:22 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    4:10
  • 12:09 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement

    Louise Farrenc

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est

    David Reiland, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:04 PM

    The Capricious One

    Edward Elgar

    Daniel Lozakovich, violin

    Stanislav Soloviev, piano

    3:39
  • 11:47 AM

    Symphony No. 14

    William Herschel

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:19
  • 11:45 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23

    Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

    1:32
  • 11:38 AM

    Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Tafelmusik

    Bruno Weil, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:31 AM

    Concerto No. 2

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    6:04
  • 11:28 AM

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Johannes Brahms

    Violin Lullabies / Rachel Barton Pine

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    2:21
  • 11:20 AM

    Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways

    Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Orchestral Works

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    7:08
  • 11:16 AM

    Carmen: Intermezzo

    Georges Bizet

    Orchestra of the Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    2:42
  • 11:10 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Complete Music for Winds

    London Winds

    Michael Collins, conductor

    4:52
  • 11:04 AM

    String Quintet: Allegretto

    Niels Gade

    Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 5

    Ensemble MidtVest

    4:50
  • 10:44 AM

    String Quartet No. 8

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hagen Quartet

    13:55
  • 10:20 AM

    Spring Music

    Joseph Marx

    Bochum Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Sloane, conductor

    23:04
  • 10:14 AM

    Reflections

    Alex Baranowski

    Prism Vol 1

    Jess Gillam Ensemble

    Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone

    3:55
  • 10:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    7:16
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Preludes

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:39
  • 9:45 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:47
  • 9:35 AM

    Exaltation of Larks

    Norman Dello Joio

    Music for Martha Graham

    Atlantic Sinfonietta

    Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor

    7:44
  • 9:16 AM

    String Quintet No. 6 "L'ucceliera" (The Aviary)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    18:57
  • 9:10 AM

    O viridissima Virga (Hail, O greenest branch)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Sequentia

    Barbara Thornton, conductor

    3:50
  • 9:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    3:13
  • 9:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Miniatures

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:43 AM

    Andromeda

    Augusta Holmes

    Holmes: Orchestral Works

    Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic

    Samuel Friedman, conductor

    15:08
  • 8:33 AM

    Keyboard Suite No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    9:30
  • 8:27 AM

    Romeo and Juliet

    Justin Holland

    Jiji, guitar

    4:14
  • 8:09 AM

    Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music

    Charles Gounod

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    18:01
  • 8:01 AM

    Canon and Gigue

    Johann Pachelbel

    Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    6:59
  • 7:56 AM

    Novelette No. 1

    Francis Poulenc

    Vento Chiaro

    2:37
  • 7:33 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos

    Orchestra de la Suisse Romande

    Kent Nagano, conductor

    Karin Kei Nagano, piano

    22:16
  • 7:05 AM

    Nonet

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

    26:23
  • 7:01 AM

    If the Silver Bird Could Speak

    Eleanor Alberga

    William Chapman Nyaho, piano

    3:17
  • 6:45 AM

    Aeolian Suite

    John Williams

    The Guitarist

    Studio Orchestra

    William Goodchild, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    12:52
  • 6:07 AM

    String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"

    Franz Schubert

    Belcea Quartet

    36:53
  • 6:01 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste

    Oskar Nedbal

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    5:20
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Johannes Brahms

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    36:38
  • 5:15 AM

    Romance

    Gabriel Faure

    Merci

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    6:04
  • 5:01 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Yehudi Menuhin, conductor

    12:10
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